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THE CIVIL WAR TOKEN SOCIETY

This publication is produced by THE CIVIL WAR TOKEN
SOCIETY to help stimulate and maintain interest in the field
of Civil War token collecting. It is strictly a non-profit organ-
ization. Published four times annually; Spring, Summer, Fall,
and Winter. Single Copy $1. Membership $4 per year, payable
in advance, which includes subscription.

PUBLISHER: & ADVERTISING MANAGER: Doug Watson,

Box 112, Iola, Wisconsin 54945

EDITOR: John W. Canfield, 2715 Elmwood, Ann Arbor,

Michigan 48104

PRESIDENT: Chris Mackel, 8024 S. Mulligan, Oak Lawn,

Illinois 60459

VICE PRESIDENT: Robert Hailey, Box 87, Rockledge, Fla.

32955

SECRETARY: Gail Levine, 5375 Duke St., Alexandria,

Virginia 22304

TREASURER: Ben. Fauver, P.O. Box 351, Eureka Calif-
ornia, 95501

LIBRARIAN: Kenneth Trobaugh, 621 New Ave, Front

Royal, Va. 22630

LEGAL COUNSEL: Joe Levine, 5375 Duke St., Alexandria,

Virginia 22304

BOARD OF GOVERNORS: 1 YEAR: Dr. Herman Aqua,

Ken Trobaugh, Joe Levine, Doug Watson.
2 YEARS: John Canfield, Jack Detwiler,
George Fuld, Melvin Fuld.

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1971 CIVIL WAR TOKEN SOCIETY

Patriotic Patter

by Jack R. Detwiler

(All rights reserved by the author)

Die-a-grams. The OUR CARD group (Fuld274-277)and the Eagle/
Shield/Four Flags group (Fuld 163-166) were selectedfor Die-a-grams
P-50 and P-24 on pages 4 and 5.

The 274-277 dies are relatively rare (R5 to R8) and have few
varieties (1 or 2) per die except the 275 die which has 5 varieties.
The group primarily supplies reverse dies for the Coronet Head
obverses (Fuld 30-35) except for one variety, 276/278CR6 (reverse
is Union/Spread Eagle die).

In contrast to the OUR CARD group the 163-166 dies are common
(R1 to R4) except die 165 (R5 to R6) even though there are few
varieties (1-3) per die.

Fabrications. Two fakes, 233/312 Zinc and 39A/Blank Copper,
have been submitted for authentication. Because counterfeits are
appearing more and more in the Civil War token field, 1 join Doug
Watson in publicizing known fabrications as a means of protecting
CWT collectors from making unfortunate purchases.

The 233/312 "Zinc” piece. Four metals — copper, brass, lead,
and silver — are listed for the 233/312 combination. If genuine, the
zinc piece would be unlisted in a very scarce metal (5 varieties,
R9-10) for the patriotic series.

The hole in this specimen is the most obvious indication of a fake.
It shows that the composition is a pot-metal and not copper as it
would be with a genuine piece. Genuine zinc varieties are actually
copper pieces which are zinc washed.

Genuine

OBV
Fuld 233

Fabricated

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DIE-A-GRAM NO. P-50

FULD PATRIOTIC NOS. 274-277

OUR CARD

O IS LOW, R(OUR) IS
HIGH, U IS COCKED
TO RIGHT, CA IS LOW,
RD IS HIGH.

O IS COCKED TO
RIGHT, LARGE
SPACE BETWEEN
C AND A.

Fuld 274
R-6

1 Variety

Fuld 275
R-6, -7, -8
5 Varieties

WIDE SPACE BE-
TWEEN OUR & CARD,
O & C ARE COCKED
TO RIGHT, BOTH Rs
ARE CLOGGED.

4

Fuld 276
R-6, -8
2 Varieties

Fuld 277
R-5

2 Varieties

DIE-A-GRAM NO. P-24

FULD PATRIOTIC NOS. 163-166
Eagle, Sheild and 4 Flags

UNION

RELIEF

INCUSE

STARS ABOVE EAGLE

NONE

Fuld 166
R-4

1 Variety

Fuld 164
R-l, -9
2 Varieties

DIE BREAK
FROM WING TO
TOP FLAG

Fuld 163
R-2, -9
2 Varieties

Fuld 165
R-5, -6
3 Varieties

5

Genuine

Fabricated

Another obvious difference is the extra berry on the reverse die
(312) between the left sword handle and the nearest leaf of the
wreath. Two other unauthorized "berries” appear; one between the
end of the ribbon and the dentil (at 6:30) and the other between
the oak leaf and the dentil (at 4:30). Photos of the genuine and
fabricated pieces are shown above.

The piece has the general characteristics of copies: pitting appears
in the field and the design features are indistinct. Both Melvin Fuld
and Doug Watson labeled this piece a fake.

The fabricated 39A/0. This was probably a store card whose
obverse was planed off to create the blank reverse and a fabricated
patriotic variety (39A is H&G 621). What gives this fabrication
away is the lack of a lip around the blank-reverse rim (note the lip
on 37/0 in V3N4, page 4, of the Journal) and the uneven surface
(thicker and thinner areas) of the blank reverse (note the light
and dark variations in the photo below).

The large round spot in the center of the blank reverse and its
extension over to the edge (at 9 o’clock) is a reddish discoloration
of the metal. This discoloration is not part of the light and dark

OBV - H&G 621
(Genuine)

REV - Blank
(Fabricated)

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variations which define the uneven surface. Both Herman Aqua
and Melvin Fuld declared this specimen a fabrication.

Information Needed. Harmer, Rooke Numismatists, Ltd. held
Part 1 of their "Million Dollar Sale” on November 17-22, 1969.
Included in the sale was Virgil Brand’s CWT collection which con-
tained four unlisted patriotics according to the catalog descriptions.
The author would like to locate the present owners of the following
"new varieties” so that the four patriotic tokens can be properly
authenticated, photographed, and published in the CWTS Journal.
They are:

1) Lot 2094, p. 125: 33/275 GS R9 Double Striking

2) Lot 2105, p. 126: 92/199 C-N R9

3) Lot 2107, p. 126: 100A/O C RIO

4) Lot 2125, p. 127: 180/341 Tin R9 (Large flan, size 14)

Possibly some of you members purchased these tokens or you

may know who did. Please write if you can help me locate these new
varieties.

New Listings. Two more large-planchet varieties have been
reported.

1)47 332 C R9 (Large flan, 20 mm) by Richard Rossa
The 20 mm variety has a broader rim (particularly on the reverse)
and a thinner planchet than the standard I8V2 mm variety. I have
never seen a 47 die without the die break from the 4th star to the
base of the cap. Does a specimen exist without the die break?

20 mm

Fuld 42

Fuld 336

2) 42 336 BR R9 (Large flan, 20mm) by Ronn Fern
The 20mm variety in copper was reported in the last issue of the
Journal (V4, N4, page 6). The brass variety has the same large
die break on its obverse.

Acknowledgments. My thanks go to Ralph King, Krause Publica-
tions, Ed Sadowski, and Doug Watson for their help.

EDITOR’S NOTES

During the past year (1970) it has been our pleasure to publish
many well written and informative articles by some of our members.
Our hats are off to Jack Detwiler, Benj. Fauver, Ira Laefsky, George
Fuld, Melvin Fuld, David Gladfelter, Bob Hailey, Robert J. Linde-
smith, Edmond Sadowski, Gerald Shepherd and Clifton Temple.
Thanks for a job well done.

As we know, there have been a number of excellent books written
on Civil War Tokens but mostly these are in the form of guides
to collecting and evaluation. It would be a colossal task for any
one man to search out the history of each and every issuer, but if
every one of our members could dig up information on a few mer-
chants from his area it would add greatly to our interest.

We are in need of knowledge in all areas of our hobby. Our best
source of information and perhaps our only source of information,
consists of that produced by our own members. We appeal to each
and every one of you to help.

In our appeal for help published in the Journal for Winter 1970,
we listed a number of states and said that we had received no
article for publication on Tokens issued in them. Your editor was
at fault in including Iowa. Our Journal for summer 1969, published
an article by Gerald Shepherd on James Philip Gage, issuer of
Lyons, Iowa Fuld 570A. We offer Mr. Shepherd our sincere apology.

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by R. E. Daniel

Back Home In Indiana

Along about the year 1954 or 1955 I became interested in Civil
War Tokens. At the time I was a member of two coin clubs. At
club auctions I was usually the successful bidder, paying anywhere
from 75 cents to $1.25 for each token. At the time Hetrich and
Guttag’s book on Civil War Tokens and Tradesmen’s Store Cards
was out of print. Copies were few and far between and if you did
run across a copy, the owner would not part with it for less than
$60.00.

I was fortunate in a way. Some coins I purchased at the time
had among other items a copy of the Chicago Coin Club Bulletin
and Directory for the year 1949. This directory included a list
of the members of the Chicago Coin Club. Also the Club’s Con-
stitution and By-Laws. In the back of the Bulletin was an article
by Ray Haggenjos on the "Civil War Tokens of Illinois.” In addition
to this article which gave a short history of Civil War Tokens, there
was a list of the tokens from Illinois. These were listed by cities
and towns together with H & G catalog numbers. Further in the
back of the Bulletin there were several pages of plates showing
Illinois obverses from number 20 to and including number 632.

About 1959 I learned that there was a reprint from the Numis-
matic Scrapbook Magazine of "Indiana Civil War Tokens by Ray-
mond Hagginjos and I ordered a copy. When the book came I had

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little time to look it over, I made up my mind to collect in earnest
the tokens from Indiana. I had three reasons for this. At the time
I was working for the telephone company and living in Indiana.
I now had a good reference book on Indiana Tokens. And third
I ran across a dealer that was very cooperative in helping me
secure Indiana tokens.

Altogether I collected 109 Indiana CW tokens in a period of
about three years. In 1961 I entered these tokens in an exhibit
at the Indiana State Show which was held in South Bend, Indiana
that year. This was the first year of the Centennial of the Civil
War. This proved to be a very good time to enter a token exhibit
of Civil War Material due to the publicity the Centennial was re-
ceiving by newspaper, magazines, radio and television.

Some planning went into the preparation of this exhibit. In that
year the company I worked for issued their annual report, mag-
azine size with an outside cover (both front and back) with a pic-
ture of the Battle of Gettysburg. This cover picture measured 11”
X 17”. In the picture soldiers were charging, officers on horseback
were directing the troops and the artillery fire. There was plenty
of gun fire and powder smoke. To make a realistic scene, there
were dead men, dead horses, broken up cannon and so forth, a
very impressing scene of the Civil War.

The only trouble was that this cover had the name of the telephone
company, the year of the annual report and other information as
to the contents. The printing could not be removed without destroy-
ing the picture! While I know very little about the printing trade.
I had an idea. Why not write to the editor and ask him for a copy
of the cover less any printing. I probably would have never re-
ceived a reply to my request, had not the editor at an earlier date

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worked for the same company and in the same state as I. Within
a week or ten days I received three copies of the picture in a
mailing tube less any printing from our Kansas City office. By
shipping them in a mailing tube there were no folds, no creases
in the picture and one of them would make an excellent background
for the exhibit. If I spoiled one in building up the exhibit I had
two extra copies to fall back on.

The exhibit was arranged in the center of the case with the picture
"Battle of Gettysburg." The merchant’s cards were placed around
the border of the picture alphabetically by the names of the towns
and cities in Indiana. With each merchant’s card there was a short
description and the H & G number. Not all of the 109 tokens were
on display due to lack of space in the standard coin case.

I cannot remember whether this exhibit won 2nd or 3rd prize in
the token catagory but at any rate I received a lot of publicity.
In 1962 I retired and moved to Arizona. Then my troubles began.
It would appear that every dealer back in Indiana wanted to buy
the Indian CW token collection. Letters, telegrams and telephone
calls were a weekly occurance. Only one battle of the Civil War
was fought on Arizona soil. And while the Centennial was still
being observed 1962-63-64 there was little interest here in tokens
of the Civil War. I held out until 1964, accepted an offer of $400.00
for the 109 tokens and shipped them to a collector in Portland,
Indiana. At the time this was a splendid offer. Today (6 years later)
prices would be greater no doubt. But now the Civil War Centen-
nial is over. As exhibit material one may have to wait until the
Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The new owner or his son may
be able to exhibit them for this event (years 2011-2015) At any
rate the tokens are "back home in Indiana".

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Our society was founded for two reasons. First, to create fellowship
between Civil War token collectors. Second, to exchange knowledge
in regard to our hobby. This may sound like a simple undertaking
but it has become increasingly difficult in proportion to the increase
in the number of our members. Beginning collectors who may have
something new to offer seem reluctant to send in their information.
Perhaps they fear that this information or new find, might be "old
hat” to us, and for this, or other reasons, are sitting on a lot of
knowledge that might benefit our society. The average collector will
no1' write an article simply because he is afraid to try it. I have
found that the beginning collector hesitates to meet with his fellow
collectors because he is embarrassed by his lack of knowledge, or
the smallness of his collection. I have received many letters from
members who have said "I only have a few tokens BUT”. These
people seem to forget that we all had to start with the first token.

Personal contact will be needed to solve these problems. It would
be impossible to do it on a national basis, therefore, the Society
is promoting state wide organizations.

In nearly every state there are members who are either excellent
writers, and knowledgeable in regard to civil war tokens. And in
all cases these people are willing to help the collector who needs
information. Our problem is in getting this help to the people who
need it. The best way to promote this plan is to start an organiza-
tion in each state. Therefore, we have asked one member in each
state to act as "chairman”. The first duty of the state chairman
will be to contact all members in his state, and attempt to get
them together for a first meeting. Once the ice has been broken
there are an endless number of things that can be done by the
state groups. For example:

1. — The promotion of Civil War tokens at local coin clubs.

2. — The promotion of our society.

3. — Displaying of Civil War tokens at coin shows.

4. — A research program on all merchants who issued tokens.

5. — A comprehensive listing of all tokens issued in that state.

We will give further details on the above, and the names of the

state chairman in the next issue of the Journal. The possibilities
are many, but remember that the main idea is still mutual benefit
and fellowship.

I would like to hear from any member who is interested in dis-
playing Civil War tokens at the up-coming A.N.A. convention to
be held in Washington D.C. I would also like to hear from any of
our dealer-members who will have a table at the show.

BACK ISSUES OF JOURNAL

The following back issues of the JOURNAL are available for $1,
and may be ordered from our secretary Gail Levine: Vol. 2, No 1-4;
Vol. 3, No 1-4; Vol. 4, No 1-4.

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George Worthington. & C.

According to Fuld’s Guide, this is a common R-2 store
card token. However, the obverse of this token has a heritage
that is extremely unique in that George Worthington & Co.,
depicted on this token, is Cleveland’s oldest company in con-
tinuous existance under its original name.

In 1829 young George Worthington rode into Cleveland on
horseback from New York. He observed that immigrants were
arriving into the city, at the rate of approximately six hun-
dred a fortnight, to work on the Hale Canal. Upon investi-
gation he discovered that these workers were very poorly
equipped to do their job. "This”, he conceived, "is my op-
portunity.”

Turning his horse back toward Cooperstown, New York, he
borrowed five hundred dollars from his brother and pur-
chased an assortment of implements which he shipped by
Erie Canal to Buffalo and thence by schooner to Cleveland.

His supply quickly sold in Cleveland. In fact, he doubled
his money from the sale, bought more stock, and in 1829
opened his first store, The George Worthington Co. at Super-
ior and West 10th St.

In 1835, he bought out his competitor and moved to the
corner of Water Street.

Although business was good in northern Ohio, Worthington
had to go after it. On horseback through good and bad
weather he faithfully delivered his wares by oxcart until the
first successful railroad came in.

In 1871 George Worthington died at the age of fifty eight.
General James Barnett succeeded the founder as president.
The business has continued to prosper, and today, over 140
years since its founding, the company is one of the nation’s
largest wholesale hardware firms.

Bibliography: Cleveland - The Making of a City by William
Ganson Rose

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14

Frederick Miller
and his
Plankroad Brewery
Wis. 510-AB

In 1855 a young German immigrant, Frederic Miller by name |
purchased the "Plank-Road Brewery,” west of Milwaukee on what
is now W. State St., for $8,000. Although it had failed to prosper
under its previous owner, it wasn’t long before crowds of people
made the long trek to the picturesque Menomonee valley and the
"Miller Gardens” for bowling, dancing, fine lunches and old fashioned
Milwaukee gemuetlichkeit.

The brewery was located in an ideal place for Miller dug caves
into the side of the hill to the east of the building to get space for
aging his beer. (The caves are now a museum.) His sons took over
the business when he died in 1888. They put up several additions
to the original building and added complete electrical equipment.

The brewery is still in operation at the same location today, but
now more than 30 buildings house its many operations. Recently
the controling interest in the brewery was purchased by W. R.
Grace Co. of New York. (Picture and information from the local
history collection of the Milwaukee public library.)

BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM C.W.T.S. LIBRARY
Cat. No. Description

B-l Meallic Portraits of Washington, by Baker

B-3 Undescribed Civil War Cards and Tokens by Joseph Barnett
E-8 The Preservation of Coins by Dr. F. Steven Epps
F-10 Guide to Civil War Store Cards by George and Melvin Fuld
F-ll The Wealth of the South Tokens by George and Melvin Fuld
F-12 The Tokens of the Boutwells of Troy, N.Y. by George and
Melvin Fuld

F-13 The Store Cards of Robinson and Ballou of Troy, N.Y. by George
and Melvin Fuld

F-14 The Tokens of the Great Central Fair of Philadelphia by George
and Melvin Fuld

H-5 Civil War Tokens and Tradesmen’s Cards by Hetrich& Guttag,
TAMS Reprint

H-12 Michigan C. W. Store Card, Grand Haven 360-B by Hubbard
L-5 Wm. F. Lutz, Civil War Engraver of Cincinnati, Ohio, by Robert
Lindesmith

M-5 Michigan Token & Medal Society Journal "The Junk Box”
Jan. 1966-June 1969

N-5 Northwest Token Medal Society Vol. 1, No. 1 March 1969

N-8 New Hampshire Civil War Token by Governor C. Nudd

S-l That Virginia Civil War Token by David Schenkman

S-2 Clarksburg Civil War Token by Donald Schramm

S-4 That Virginia Civil War Token by David Schenkman

T-l TAMS Journal - Jan. 1964 to present

T-2 American Token Reprints from "The Numismatist” - TAMS
W-l Guide to Wisconsin Civil War Tokens by Watson
R-9 20 minute slide presentation is available with accompanying

notes.

AUCTION LISTS

J. J. Teaparty: 1963. Abner Kreisber: 1965 with results. Ken
Trobaugh TAMS 1968-1970 with results (10 lists). Virginia Numis-
matic Auction: 1967 with results. Harmer Rooke: LTN Nov. 17-22,
1969 with results. A1 Hoch; 3-15-70, 4-1-70, with results. H. Joseph
Levine: 6-23-69, 9-16-69, 12-23-69, 7-30-70, 10-7-70, with results.
Marshall Goldstein; 10-25-70. Jack Detwiler: 12-10-70. Hank Spang-
enberger: 1968-1969 3 lists.

UNDESCRIBED CIVIL WAR CARDS AND TOKENS
Published by the Civil War Token Society

When the society undertook the publication of this booklet we felt
that nearly all of the members would purchase a copy. Our reasoning
was, that anyone who owned a copy of the H. & G. book, or the
reprint would surely need the corrections and additions. I guess we
were wrong. Perhaps the price of $1.00 was a little high, but believe
me it just covered the cost. We would like to see the information
in this booklet in the hands of our members, so we are going to make
you a special offer. If you will send us 50d to cover the cost of
mailing, we will send you a copy. Send 50 cents in stamps only to:
CHRIS MACKEL, 8024 So. Mulligan, Oak Lawn, 111. 60459.

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by Fred L. Reed, III

After a person has collected anything for a while, such as coins
in general or Civil War Tokens in particular, he naturally yearns
for the really rare pieces. The search for these — the real gems —
is one good reason for his sustaining interest in his chosen hobby.

The collector can show his friends a Ohio 170-C, the 1873 Mauck
and Bradbury Clarksburg token, and tell the story of how he found
it at a swap meet in Oklahoma City; or, tell how he found Illinois
520-A, the rare Lodi token, at a small coin shop at a newsstand
in Atlanta, but the greatest thrill of all, I think, has to be discovering
a previously unlisted variety.

In the seven years I’ve been collecting Civil War Tokens seriously,
I’ve had the good fortune to obtain many specimens of which I am
proud. In addition to the two instances mentioned above, I have
been able to acquire through mail bid sales and personal contacts,
others which may be of interest to the membership.

THREE NEW DIES, A SMALL PLANCHET "SPOOT” VARIETY,
AND SEVERAL UNLISTED METAL VARIETIES.

226A/322A Copper Unlisted, probably unique R-10

Die 226A — New Die
Die 322A — New Die

Photos of these new dies were examined by Melvin Fuld and
acknowledged in his letter to me April 8, 1968. He agreed that
both dies were definitely new. The token was subsequently ex-

amined by him on June 7, 1968. He wrote in part "219A/322A
is as we suspected a new variety. Both are new die varieties . . . ”
At that time I called the obverse 219A, however it more closely
resembles 226 in positioning of legend (I of IT, T of MUST, first
P of PREPARED, etc.) so I now call it 226A rather than 219A.

The piece was acquired from Abner Kreisberg’s Mail Bid Sale,
November 29, 1965, Lot #2893. The catalog describes it: "None
of the dies 219-226 fit this obverse. ?/ 322. May be a new die. Choice
Very Fine”

The reverse though similar to 322 is different in that the long,
prominent ray points between the R and M of ARMY rather than
toward the upper right of R as on 322. (See photo)

Photo shows clearly that on 226A the T of IT is recut, as is the
E of THE. Other distinguishing characteristics of 226A are the
positioning of "AND” and "BE” and the size and location of the
berry clusters to the left and right of "SHALL.”

The piece is copper and 19.6 mm.

It might be noted that I purchased the token in the sale for only
$5.50, which even at that time I considered a bargain.

NEW SPOOT VARIETY

The famous "SPOOT” variety. Was it intentional or not?

209/414, C, Small Planchet. The new variety is similar to H&G
1043, except it is struck on a smaller planchet (18.5 mm), as
compared to the normal 19.6 mm. (No photo available at this time).

UNLISTED METALS

207/327, C, Unlisted by H & G, but the Fulds do list 207/327,
Br., R-7. Melvin Fuld examined this piece April 8, 1968, and con-
firmed. The token is 19.8mm.

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225/327

Copper

225/327, Br, unlisted. (See photos) Die breaks indicate it was
struck subsequent to 225/327 Copper. Fuld lists 225/327, C, H&G
1088. Both brass and copper pieces are 19.8 mm in diameter.

220/322, Br, unlisted (Photos not available). H&G 1072. Diameter
is 19.6 mm.

NEW DIE 180 A

This new die is found on 180A/341. (No photo available at this
time).

Distinguishing characteristics of die 180 A are:

1. No dot after F in F. Sigel as does 180.

2. The long, prominent line above F Sigel does not extend almost
to the dentils as it does on 180.

3. The ground below the horse does not extend to the dentils
as it does on 180.

4. The horse’s tail is shaped slightly differently.

5. A weak strike, "HERO OF PEA RIDGE” is barely discernible,
although piece shows some original luster.

6. The diameter of the token is 18.5 mm and is struck in copper.

DON’T MISS A SINGLE ISSUE

Be sure and send your 1971 membership dues to our treasurer:
Benj Fauver, P. O. Box 351, Eureka, Ca. 95501

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Auction Notes

by Robert R. Hailey

Man has been measuring time, by some means or other, since
the beginning of mankind. Today’s advertisements tell the virtues
of a watch that is accurate to a minute a month, but John Harrison’s
ship clock was accurate to three seconds a month, at sea, and he
made his clock one hundred years before the Civil War!

Several watchmakers issued Store Cards during the Civil War
and are responsible for three interesting dies, H-G 535, 536, and
537, each of which depicts the face of a watch. Two of these show
the time as 5:07 and one as 4:42. The significance of these times,
if any, is not known to me. Most pictures of clock faces today show
the hands set at 8:19. An old tale says that this is the time that
Abraham Lincoln was shot, but it is probably just to show the
name of the watchmaker to better advantage, since historic records
state that Lincoln was shot about 10:15.

It is a tradition of watchmakers that the four on the clock face,
when using Roman numerals, be shown as IIII, and the die cutters
did not violate this custom, as close examination of any of these
dies will show. Of course, it could be that none of them attended
an IV league school!

Die 535 is extremely rare, and I doubt if there are more than ten
collectible tokens with this goody, but the other two are not out
of reach for the die collector, and either one makes a fine "type
die” for exhibit.

And while we are on the subject of time, a messenger service
in New York City, Hussey’s, issued two tokens stating that "Time
is Money”, proving that this oft-quoted slogan is certainly not new!
One of these pictures a locomotive on the reverse. Several years
ago a railroad buff asked me which CWT could relate to railroads,
and I told him that I knew of three; the Hussey with the locomo-
tive, the Williamsville Express, and the patriotic 250/437 (the
North Star-Stocking). This last one puzzled him, but the North
Star die symbolizes a very interesting part of our country’s history.
The North Star was the guiding light and hope for runaway slaves
who slept during the day and traveled North at night, following
this pole star to freedom, on the trackless Underground Railroad.

Now that we have shown that the common denominator between
a clock face and a star is a locomotive, let’s look at some recent
auction results:

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TOKEN

PRICE

SALE

OHIO 470A LONDON 225.00 Levine 10-7-70

This is a rare, one-merchant town, an extremely rare die (H-G
664), and this may be a record price.

Mich 225A Detroit 4.55 Detwiler 12-10-70

This is for two tokens, one at 3.05 and the other at 1.50. The
joy and satisfaction of researching a merchant is not dependent
upon the price or rarity of a token. On these two, one spells
his name as ADDERLEY and the other spells it as ADDERLY.
Which spelling is correct? Material such as this, with documented
evidence gathered by writing a few letters, makes excellent dis-
plays, and enhances the hobby, yet the prices are within every-
one’s reach.

Tenn 180A Dedham 58.30 Trobaugh November 1970

This is one token from a sale of 16, representing all five towns
of Tennessee. The tokens ranged from R6 to R8 and the prices
from 42.50 to 68.40. This should give you a good feel for prices
of CWT from this difficult State.

498/499 75.00 Levine 7-31-70

This iron Merrimac token is the first one I’ve seen offered
since the ANA auction of 1960 (27.00), but then another was
offered in October and went for 65.00.

Ill 150AT Chicago 4.05 Detwiler 12-10-70

In "Peck’s Bad Boy” which some of you old timers like myself
must remember, Peck was a sutler in the Civil War. Now, here’s
this Chicago grocer named Peck do you suppose?

Ill 150Y Chicago 3.52 Detwiler 12-10-70

I’ve always called this die (H-G 505) the Patriotic Bull, and
I’m not a bit sure of what the die-cutter was getting at. After
all, a steer with two flags crossed above his head is a bit wierd!

Ind 360A Greenfield 17.25 Detwiler 12-10-70

I used to think that this token said "CARRY ON”, but then
discovered that the merchant’s name was "CARR RYON”. It
is very seldom offered, and a most difficult town to obtain, and
I believe it to be rarer than R6.

250/437 12.25 Levine 10-7-70

The North Star-Stocking, which we mentioned earlier, a real
apple pie and Mom CWT which makes a fine exhibition piece.
Both of these dies are fairly scarce.

142/348 50.00 Levine 10-7-70

This 348 die is very rare, and to get it in silver is just frosting
on the cake. This price seems to-be about average for Patriotic
CWT in silver.

Maryland 60B Baltimore 150.00 Levine 10-7-70

This is quite a rare State, and if this token is a true R6, then this
certainly is an outstanding price!

21

Ohio 985A Xenia 37.00 Detwiler 12-10-70

Here’s another real toughie, a solid R7, and it’s the only token
from a town starting with the letter X. This CWT is a "must”
for those interesting "A to Z” type exhibits.

Minn 39.85 Levine 10-7-70

There were four Minnesota tokens in this sale, from St. Paul
and Winona, the two easiest towns from this difficult State. This
is the average price of these Minnesota tokens.

Pa 525A Lancaster 13.00 Detwiler 12-10-70

This Pennsylvania town is the only source of H-G die 494, a
nice Ben Franklin. For an extra bonus, this token was in white-
metal.

CORRECTIONS TO DIE CONVERSION TABLE NO. 1, V4, N2

CWTS JOURNAL

Page

Column

Line

Should Read

14-15

1

8

1007

400

57B

14-15

1

50

1040

14-15

1

51

Delete

"(NEW)”

14-15

1

52

1041

14-15

1

53

Delete

"(NEW)”

14-15

1

55

1043

671

70A

14-15

1

56

1044

662

14-15

2

37

1094

20

31

14-15

2

38

632

31

14-15

2

39

1095

21

32

14-15

2

40

633

32

14-15

2

52

* Delete entirely:

"1109 VOID

14-15

3

18

1144

100

124

14-15

3

19

1145

102

127

14-15

3

20

1146

104

129

14-15

3

21

1147

493

134

14-15

3

22

1148

494

152

14-15

3

23

1149

114

151

14-15

3

24

1150

1 14A

153

14-15

3

25

1150A

1 14B

14-15

4

40

1234A

152

210

16-17

1

18

1279

345

444

16-17

2

27

1329

625

16-17

3

6

1350

563

188A

16-17

3

Last

1386

183

251

16-17

4

1

1387

591

252A

16-17

4

35

1421

*New numbers 1100, 1103, 1104 and 1109 have been purposely
deleted.

22

CORRECTIONS TO DIE CONVERSION TABLE NO. 11, V 4, N 3

Page

Column

Line

Action

Should Read

14-15

1

8

Revise

25

1105

1

15

Revise

49

1015

1

41

Revise

115

1155

1

Last

Add

186

1293

2

59

Revise

424

1087

4

17

Delete

512

1293

4

64

Revise

559

1345

6

36

Revise

661

1033

6

Dupl. Dies Revise

415

659

CORRECTIONS TO DIE CONVERSION TABLE NO. Ill, ’

V 4, N 3

Column

Line

Action

Should Read

1

3 & 4

Reverse Lines (3)

9

1003,

(4)

10

1002

1

Add

30

1101

1

Add

57B

1007

1

Add

70 A

1043

2

17

Revise

121

1138

2

26

Revise

144

1151

3

Add

185 A

1353

3

24

Delete

186

1293

4

19

Revise

251

1386

4

Add

283

1191

6

Add

448

1341

6

Add

451

1342

6

Add

452

1393

6

Add

457

1381

6

16 & 17 Reverse Lines (16)

459

1370,

(17)

460

1367

6

Add

461

1368

The General Store

WANTED: Civil War Sutler tokens — describe and price. Especially
want those from Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire,
Virginia and West Virginia Sutlers. David Schenkman, Box 16122,
Suitland, Md. 20023

FULD CATALOG, Patriotic Civil War Tokens, 3rd Edition, $1 ppd.
Jack Detwiler, Box 23185, San Diego, Ca. 92123

23

NEW DIE DISCOVERED

Mr. Harvey Herbert of Glendale, New York has recently discovered
a new Indian head die. The new die (1050A in Fuld’s new catalog)
is used in combination with Indiana 630-A (H & G 3009).

TOKEN TEASER NUMBER 8

How many English words, no proper names, please, can you make
from the letters in "STORE CARD”? No letter may be used more
than the number of times that it appears in "STORE CARD” and
no plurals will be allowed. And to keep out the CAT and the RAT,
we'll limit it to words of four or more letters.

Send answer to TT Number 8 to: Robert R. Hailey, Box 87,
Rockledge, Florida 32955. The longest list received before April 1,
1971 gets a free CWT.

REPORT ON CIVIL WAR TOKEN SOCIETY AUCTION

Auction No. 5, held January 7, 1971, grossed $1060.27. The
average sale price per lot was $4.27. The Civil War Token Society
receives 10% of this gross amount. Donation lots from Ed Rosen
and Benj. Fauver totaled $17.42.

In general, store card prices seem to be down from a year ago
except for the keys, whereas patriotics appear to be on the up-
swing. The top five lots (dollarwise) of the auction were:

1) Lot 109 NY 630-AG 5532A-Barnett C-N R9 BU Over

1863 cent and 630-AG 5529 C R2 VF-XF, 2 pieces 36.00

2) Lot 171 Ohio 840-B 8880 C R5 F SI. dark 25.00

3) Lot 248 332/336 BR R8 22.85

4) Lot 239 91/432 WM R8 Unc 22.70

5) Lot 34 111. 920-A 2473 C R7 F 21.80

Members of the auction committee are Jack Detwiler and Charlie
Kropp.

24

Charles -C.F.?- Lang of Worcester

. . .or was it Lawrence

by John W. Canfield

A new problem of identity now lines up with the many others
already confronting members of the fraternity of Civil War Token
Collectors. Pictured above is the culprit, an 1863, counter-stamped
Indian Head cent.

A question — Could Charles Lang of Worcester, Mass, and C. F.
Lang of Lawrence, Mass, be the same man? It is evident that Lang
was not a big name in token production, as, in addition to his own
card; Massachussetts, Worcester 980A, his name is associated with
only one other; New Hampshire, Concord, 120A. Apparently Lang’s
area of operation was small too. We know he is credited with the
Concord, New Hampshire and Worcester, Mass, issues and as Law-
rence, Mass, lies between the two cities it is a certainty that he
would have visited Lawrence.

A comparison of the size and serif type facing of the letters used
for the incused strikes on the 1863 Indian head, and on the Lang
Card, would seem to prove that the same tools were used.

If it would be possible to find that Charles Lang had a middle
name that started with the letter "F”, or that he had a business in
Lawrence, Mass, we would certainly have convincing evidence that
the above piece was used by him for some purpose.

If any of our members have information regarding Lang and his
die sinking operations a letter to the editor would be appreciated.

SLIDE PROGRAM AVAILABLE

A 20 minute slide program has been produced for the Society and
is available from our librarian Ken Trobaugh. This introduction to
Civil War Tokens would make a wonderful presentation at the next
coin club meeting.

25

A. GLEASON

^ S ■ ' ^
r » -- -■ *' ;

CHESTER ROBTNSON —

Alexander Gleason was born November 28, 1827 in New
York state. Coming to Michigan he lived for a time in Lena-
wee County and on July 22, 1849 was married to Phoebe
Moore at Palmyra. The eight children born to Alexander and
Phoebe Gleason were Warren, Emma, Ella, Albert, Orin,
Lizzie, Edwin, and Franklin.

The date the family moved to Hillsdale, Michigan is un-
known but it is thought that they lived there for only about
two years, possibly from late 1862 until sometime in 1864.

This information was given me by descendants of A. Glea-
son and I will give two direct quotes from a letter from, I
believe, a great granddaughter of Mr. Gleason. "Two small
children drowned while they lived in Hillsdale beside the
mill race. They had no fence.” She continues with a descrip-
tion of her father’s and grandfather’s work. "They did stencil
work and I can remember seeing father with a sharp instru-
ment punching out designs.”

From Hillsdale they moved to Jackson, Michigan and later
to Darian, New York where Alexander Gleason died and
is buried. Date of death is unknown.

One member of the family told me that as far as they
know no one in the family has one of A. Gleason’s tokens.

As best I can determine, Gleason struck store cards for
thirty merchants in nine towns plus his own advertising cards
using seven reverse dies, one of which appears only on his
own card and on a patriotic token. Of the thirty merchants,
eighteen are from Hillsdale County and eight from Lenawee
County. One Pierceton, Indiana is listed with a Gleason
reverse die.

A token listed as Michigan 450D, namely F"arnhams Bron-
chial Tablets, has no town named on the obverse. Does
anyone know why this Gleason produced card is shown
under Hillsdale?

26

ADDITONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE MEMBERSHIP LIST

#347 — BARDES Herbert C. 21 Waldron Ave. Summit N. J. 07901
#349 — BROWN, Larry E., 1313 Wieding Rd., Tucson, Ariz. 85706
#343 — FLEMING, W. J., 44 Frederick St., Fairfield, N. S. W. 2165,
Australia.

#345 — FREDRICKSON, Nancy Mrs., 346 Julian Dr., Santa Maria,
Calif. 93454

#341 — HARRIS, Jonathan D., 1107 Aduana Ave., Coral Gables
Fla. 33146

# 346 — HEILBRONNER, Leslie L., P. O. Box 172, Perry N. Y. 14530
#344 — KNICKERBOCKER, Howard L., Jr., 8 Wakefield Circle,

East Hartford Conn. 06118

# 27 — LYTLE, James D., 428 Hillcrest Dr., Wyoming Ohio 45215
#342 — MARTIN, Francis B., 8324 Briar Creek Dr., Annandale Va.

22003

# 58 — MUMFORD, Willard R. Major, 3193 "A” Minuteman Ave.,

Hills A. F. B. Ogden Utah 84401

#203 — STEWART, Francis G. Mrs., 2603 Urbano Dr., Bakersfield,
Calif. 93304

#350 — STONER, Daniel L., 429 Walden, Toledo, Ohio 43605
#348 — TURNER, William A., 125 Cope St., Woodbridge, Va. 22191

MAIL AUCTION- DEADLINE MAY 1, 1971

Lot ft Description
ILLINOIS

1.65-A2141 XF
2.150-M R3XF

INDIANA

3.175-F 2590 XF
4.230-B 2610 XF
5. 290-E 2644 VF
6.460-D2734 VF

7. 460 J 2761 Unc Luster

8. 460 Q 2790 AU
9. 500-1 2865 Fine

10.500-U 2902 Unc Luster
11.550-A 2925 VF

12. 550-D 2935 Unc Luster

13. 860 F 3113 Fine

14. 860-G 3116 Fine

15. N.Y. 140 -A 5113 XF

16. N.Y.630-CA CN XF Rare

17. N.Y.630-CC 6228 XF

OHIO

18. 165-1 R6 6694 Unc

19. AC R7 XF

20. 165- AH 402 die 6936 Unc
21. 165 AM R7 6979 XF

22. 165- DP 7610 400 die AU

Lot # Description

23. 165- EO R8 7769 Brass
Rare XF

24. 165- GF 8041 R5 VF
25. 175-C 60 die VG
26.560-B 8634 XF

27. Penn 750-L AU

28. 765 N 9437 VG

29. RI.700-C Unc. Luster

30. RI.700-E 9574 Brill. Unc

31. Wis 510 AG PL Edge XF

32. Wis 510-AJ Fine

33. Wis 510 AL 10269 AU

34. 700-D 10379-26 VF/XF
Rev-Not like Watson pictured

35. N.H. 120 A XF
36. 120-A Fine

PATRIOTIC

37 47/332 AU
38. 55/162 XF
39. 135/440 VF
40. 135/441 VF
41. 191/443 VF

42. 214/416 XF

43. 414/416 AU

Lot # Description

44. 231/352 XF

45. 236/426 AU

46. 240/341 XF
47.241/336 AU

48. 244/381 VF

49. 42/336 VF
No Die Break

VERY RARETENNESEE

50. 600-C 9749 Unc/with Luster
Rare Min Bid $50.

51. 690- B 100 on Plain Planchet
XF Min Bid $45.

52.690- C 9760/608 Die Thick
Reeded Edge A Unc/w Luster
Min Bid $50.

52. 690- D 500 on Plain Planchet
BRASS Very Rare AU No
Luster Min Bid $50.

Wanted for personal collection.
Rare New York Civil War
Tokens — Over Cents, Dime,
Quarter, Off Metal and Die var-
ieties, all Incused, Merchants
95 C, 630-G

621 NEW AVE.

KEN TROBAUGH

FRONT ROYAL, VA. 22630

27

MAIL AUCTION
C W Store Cards

Lot Description

1. Bellaire 60D-R5-Fine

2. Detroit 225-AH-R6-VF.

3. Cin. 165-EV-R2 Fine

4. Berea 0. 75A-R3-VF

5. Kenton 0. 420A-R6-VF

6. Bryan 0. 100C-R4-VF

7. Toledo 0. 860C-R3-Brass Fine

8. Woodsfield 0. 960A-R3-VG

9. Laurelville 0. 445A-R3-VG

10. Cambridge 0. 115A-R4-VF

11. Cambridge 0. 115E -R3-Fine

12. Cambridge 0. 1 15A R4-Unc

13. Cadiz 0. 110B-R6-VF

14. New London 0. 620B-R6-U nc

15. Kenton 0. 420A-R6-VF

16. Cin 0. 165N-Rl-Unc

17. Youngstown 0. 990A-R2-VF

18. Columbiana 0. 190B-R3-VG

19. Troy 0. 880C-R3-VF

20. Zanesville 0.995G-R4-VF

21. West Unity 0. 930C-R5-Fine

22. Wooster 0.975B-R6-AU

23. Cin 0. 165AH-R3-VF

24. Zanesville 0. 995C-R4-Fine

25. Cin 0. 165AP-R3-Fine

26. Cin. 0. 165AS-R5-Fine

27. Cin. 0. 165CY -R2-Fine

28. Fremont 0. 330C-R6-VF

29. Wooster 0. 975B-R6-Fine

30. Troy 0. 880F-R3 VF

31. Adamsville 0. 5A-R3-Fine

32. Toledo 0.860A-R3-AU

33. Cin 0. 165CF R3-Fine

DEADLINE MAY 1,1971

Lot Description

34. Springhill 0. 830D-R5-Fine

35. Monroeville 0. 560E-X Fine

36. Bryan 0. 100A-R3-VF

37. Findlay 0. 300C-R7 -Unc

38. Cin 0. 165AE-R5-Fine

40. Cin 0. 165FX-R5-Fine

41. Cleveland 0. 175H-VF

42. Columbiana 0. 190B-R3-VF

43. Columbus 0. 200D -R1 -U nc

44. Dayton 0. 230B-R4-XF

45. Dayton 0. 230E-R5-VF

46. Fremont 0. 330D-R5-VF

48. Wooster 0. 975D-R3-V Fine

49. Wheeling W. Va. 890B-R5-VG

50. Illinois 890C-R7-X Fine

51. Paris III. 670B-R4-Fine

52. Chicago III. 150AD-Fine

53. Navarre 0 597A-R5-VF

54. Chicago III. 150AK-R4-Fine

55. Adrian Mich. 5F-R4-VG

56. Newark N. J. 555A-R'' All

57. Brazil Ind. 130A-R4-Fine

58. N. Y. C.-630U-Brass-R3-AU

59. Phila.Pa. 750D-R3-XF

60. Pitts. Pa. 765P-R3-AU
cl. Phila. Pa. 750E-R2-VF

62. Utica N Y. 905C-R3-Unc

63. New York 630BC-R3-XF

64. Toledo 0. 860C-R3 XF

65. Allegheny City Pa. 13D-R3 Fine

66. Pitts. Pa. 765J-R3-VF

67. Cooperstown N.Y. 145A-R5-VF

68. Wheeling W. Va. 890A-R6-VG

Lot Description

69. Chicago III. 150S-R3-Fine

70. Buffalo N.Y. 105G-R5-VG

71. NY. 630BX-Fine

72. Phil. Pa. 750B-R3-VF

73. Barnesville 0. 50B-R3-Fine

74. Phil. Pa. 750-D-R3-VF

75. Jackson Mich. 525C-R3-Fine

76. WoosterO. 975D R3-Unc

77. Pitts Pa. 7650-R3-VF

78. Prov.RI. R3-VF

79. Waterloo NY. R3-VF

80. Lima 0. 450A-R3-VF

81. Mansfield 0. 505A-R2-Fine

82. Massillon 0. 535A-R2-VF

83. CinO. 165FP-R5-Fine

84. Wooster 0. 975D-R3-X Fine

85. Cin 0. 165AL-R5-Fine

86. Zanesville 0. 995F-R3-AU

87. Fredericktown 0. 320D-R4-VF

88. Prov.RI. R3-VF

89. Dayton 0. 230D-R5-VF

90. Galion 0. 340A-R4-VF

91 Albany N.Y. 10E-R5-X Fine

92. NY. 630BK-R1 -VF

93. Buffalo N.Y. R3-VF

94. Hamilton 0. 385D-R4-VF

95. Hilsboro 0. 400D-R3-Fine

96. N.Y. 630AM-R1 -Unc

97. Fremont 0. 330C-R6-Fine

98. Dayton 0. 230B-R4-VF

99. NYC. 630BB-R3-Fine
100 Berea 0. 74A-R3

SUIT CASE HOBBY SHOP

Fred Sattler Owner

3211 Middlebranch Rd. N.E.

Canton, Ohio 44705

iyfe*'

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2

SUMMER 1971

THE CIVIL WAR TOKEN SOCIETY

This publication is produced by THE CIVIL WAR TOKEN
SOCIETY to help stimulate and maintain interest in the field
of Civil War token collecting. It is strictly a non-profit organ-
ization. Published four times annually; Spring, Summer, Fall,
and Winter. Single Copy $1. Membership $4 per year, payable
in advance, which includes subscription.

PUBLISHER: & ADVERTISING MANAGER: Doug Watson,

Box 112, Iola, Wisconsin 54945

EDITOR: John W. Canfield, 2715 Elmwood, Ann Arbor,

Michigan 48104

PRESIDENT: Chris Mackel, 8024 S. Mulligan, Oak Lawn,

Illinois 60459

VICE PRESIDENT: Robert Hailey, Box 87, Rockledge, Fla.

32955

SECRETARY: Gail Levine, 5375 Duke St., Alexandria,

Virginia 22304

TREASURER: Ben. Fauver, P.O. Box 351, Eureka Calif-
ornia, 95501

LIBRARIAN: Kenneth Trobaugh, 621 New Ave, Front

Royal, Va. 22630

LEGAL COUNSEL: Joe Levine, 5375 Duke St., Alexandria,

Virginia 22304

BOARD OF GOVERNORS: 1 YEAR: Dr. Herman Aqua,

Ken Trobaugh, Joe Levine, Doug Watson.
2 YEARS: John Canfield, Jack Detwiler,
George Fuld, Melvin Fuld.

ISSUES

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

PUBLICATION DEADLINES

ADVERTISING
January 10th
April 10th
July 10th
October 10th

EDITORIAL
January 10th
April 10th
July 10th
October 10th

Strict adherence to the above deadlines must be maintained.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING - 5</ per word, per issue. Cash
in Advance - No exceptions.

DISPLAY ADVERTISING - 1 page $20; 1/2 page $11, 1/4
page $6. 1/2 tones $2.50 each. Cash with copy on all ads.
Only advertising pertaining to Civil War tokens is acceptable.

© 1971 CIVIL WAR TOKEN SOCIETY

Patriotic Patter

by Jack R . Detwiler

(All rights reserved by the author)

Your walking tour of midtown Manhattan,
New York City, is on a warm, sunny afternoon.
You have just emerged from the 14th Street
station of the IRT subway, and you find your-
self at the southern end of Union Square. You
soon discover the equestrian statue of George
Washington; it looks exactly like the replicas
which you have seen on your patriotic Civil
War tokens. You move into position to take a
picture of the statue from the same angle as
Fuid 1 73 you remember it on the token. If only that

pigeon would get off Washington’s head! You wait, but the bird
shows no signs of moving. You decide to see the rest of the park
and to come back later to take the picture.

Union Square is a traditional sanctuary for soap-box orators and
radical debaters. As you walk to the north end of the park, you
approach a small group assembled around a tall man in a business
suit. You join the gathering and are surprised to hear the speaker
talking about Civil War Tokens! You listen, but you also think this
fellow looks familiar. Why, of course, it’s Jack Detwiler! You move
in closer to hear what he has to say ....

Plated Patriotics. Many new silver-plated varieties have appeared
on the market during the past year, and this situation is alarming.
Civil War token collectors are not only buying these plated varieties
but are paying premium prices for them. This attitude of the buying
public is encouraging opportunists to fabricate gold-plated, gilt, and
silver-plated pieces from R- 1 and R-2 copper CW tokens. For example,
in a recent auction an unlisted, silver-plated variety (XF) sold for
$11.87, whereas the same token in copper (R-l, Unc) went for
$1.30 and $2.10 in two other auctions. At these prices who wouldn’t
be motivated to plate a few low-rarity copper tokens!

What can the Civil War Token Society do about this situation?
Here are some recommendations which I hope the group will adopt:
(1) Buyers should not pay more than the price of the basic-metal
(usually copper) token for a plated variety, (2) New silver-plated,
gilt or gold-plated varieties should not be listed in either Fuld’s
"Patriotic Civil War Tokens” Catalog or in the CWTS Journal,
and (3) The silver-plated, gilt and gold-plated varieties currently
listed in the 3rd edition of "Patriotic Civil War Tokens” should be
reviewed to determine if their rarities match that of the basic (before
plating) metal. These recommendations should discourage fabrication
of either listed or unlisted plated varieties.

3

DIE-A-GRAM NO. P-6

TRADEMARK

FULD PATRIOTIC

NUMBER
OF STARS

NUMBER
OF STARS

Below

©

Fuld 55
R-l

1 Variety

Fuld 56
R-3, 6, 7, 8, 9
27 Varieties

Fuld 51

R-l, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
20 Varieties

BETWEEN 2ND &

©POSITION

OVER

3RD PLUMES

OF 6TH STAR

2ND PLUME

YES

COLLAR
JOINS HAIR

Fuld 49
R-l, 6, 9
3 Varieties

Fuld 49A
R-7, 9
2 Varieties

Fuld 50
R-l, 3, 8, 9
9 V arieties

4

NUMBERS 49-56

INDIAN PRINCESS

YES

DIE BREAK (-)
OVER 1ST PLUME

EVEN WITH 1 & 3

©HEIGHT OF
2ND PLUME

HIGHER THAN 1 & 3

Fuld 52

R-l, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
23 Varieties

Fuld 54
R2, 3, 4, 5
5 Varieties

Fuld 53
R-l, 7, 8, 9
9 Varieties

Die-a-gram No. P-6. The Indian Princess group is the subject of
Die-a-gram No. P-6 on pages 4-5. The CWT die sinkers copied the

design of the U.S. three-dollar gold piece for
the 49-56 patriotic die series. The three-dollar
gold series was minted from 1854 to 1889.
The usual change was made in converting
from the U.S. Mint design to that of the Civil
War token: stars replace the "United States of
America” in the field. All the CWT Indian
Princess dies except for 55 and 56 are without
dates; the obverse of the three-dollar gold
piece is also without a date. The LIBERTY
3-doiiar Gold headband of the U.S. Mint design was dropped

in favor of a simpler, plain headband for the CWT design.

The number of varieties given below each illustration is based on
that listed in Fulds’ 3rd edition of "Patriotic Civil War Tokens”
except for dies 49A, 50 and 51.

Die 49A is a new find by Benj. Fauver and has two varieties,
49A/343 C R7 and 49A/343'C R9 (Flip-over double struck).

In their 3rd edition the Fulds listed only eight varieties of die
50. The ninth variety is 50/ 179 C R9 reported by Melvin Fuld in
V2N4pll. Since then the rarity has been adjusted to R8 because
a sufficient number of additional specimens have been reported.

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The number of varieties for die 51 has been increased from 19
to 20 by the addition of 51/ 342 A C R9 (Flip-over double struck).

Correction. Die-a-gram No. P-24 on page 5 of the Journal (V5,N1)
requires a correction. Die 163 exists without as well as with a die
break, and therefore invalidates the distinction between dies 163 and
165 on the die-a-gram. In the identifier box replace "Die break
from wing to top flag” with "Left side of wreath is complete and
continuous.” The photo of die 165 in die-a-gram P-24 shows that
each section on the left side of the wreath is separated from its
adjoining section (discontinuous). The left side of the wreath is also
incomplete because the two top sections are very faint (poorer
specimens show a third section in a weak-strike condition). The
eagle’s head, lower wings, and tail are also weakly struck or in-
complete.

If the relief UNION is not too badly worn, there is a better way
to distinguish between dies 163 and 165:

163 - N’s of UNION have diagonal crossbars.

165 - N’s of UNION do not have diagonal crossbars.

Since two out of three 165 dies are too badly worn, this second and
better method can’t be used to cover all cases. Therefore, the first
method (wreath) was selected for the die-a-gram.

Two Down, Two to Go. CWTS member Walter Ott is the owner of
lots 2105 and 2125 of the Nov. 17-22, 1969 auction of Harmer,
Rooke Numismatists. These two tokens are being photograped and
will be shared with the members in one of next issues of the Journal.
Information on the other two lots is still needed (See Information
Needed, p. 7 of V5N1).

New Varieties. The two new varieties illustrated below are both
flip-over double struck tokens. These unusual pieces are made in
the following manner: (1) the token is struck normally the first
time and (2) the token is turned over and struck the second time.
The result is that the obverse is struck over the reverse, and the
reverse is struck over the obverse.

OBV - 49A over 343

REV - 343 over 49A

1) 49A 343 C R9 (Flip-over double struck) By Ken Trobaugh
On the obverse, parts of the shield are visible, and some of the
letters of "Union For Ever” are seen in the field. On the reverse

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of the following parts of the 49 A understrike are visible: (1) Faint
outlines of the plumes between 1 (1864) and I (Union), (2) A full
star on the 1st N (Union), (3) Parts of two stars on the U and I
(Union), and (4) The junction of the neck and collar between the
1st E and V (Ever).

REV - 34 2 A over 5 1 OB V - 5 1 over 342 A

2) 51 342A C R9 (Flip-over double struck) By Ken Trobaugh

Obverse: visible parts of the understrike 342A are (1) upper
righthand corner of the shield is between headband and 5th star
and (2) some of the letters of "Union For Ever” are between the
last and 7th stars. Reverse: detectable parts of the understrike 51
are (1) a plume between 1 (1864) and the shield and (2) one of
the 13 stars between the left star of 342A and U (Union).

Acknowledgments. Thanks to Steve Alpert, Dale Cade, Jack Don-
nelly, Benj. Fauver and David Gladfelter for their contributions
to Die-a-gram No. P-6 and to the numerous readers who found the
flaw in Die-a-gram No. P-24.

. . . The speech is over, and the crowd is dispersing. You retrace
your steps to take that picture of the equestrian statue. As you
walk along you ask yourself, "Should I plate my 173/272 copper
token with silver or gold?”

A Note from Melvin Fuld
Mr. Paul White of Somerville, Ma. pre-
sents this photograph of the obverse
that has been classified as 81 A. There
is no explanation for die 81. It is sim-
ilar to die 79 with one exception —

13 balls have been punched over the
word Liberty on the head band.

The above piece, discovered by Mr.

White, differs from die 81 in that there
is a dot on the left top side of the num-
erals 6 and 3 of the date. Also, as
can be seen, there are extra dots on
the stars starting on the right side and going almost around.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Be prepared for an expanded interest in our hobby. With the
forthcoming publication of our new, revised Civil War token book
it is a certainty that we can soon expect an increase in our already
growing membership. A better understanding of tokens through a
more complete and accurate numbering system for dies, and rarity
assignments for individual varieties, will give easier understanding
and greater appreciation to prospective Civil War token collectors.
The convenience of clear photographs and information adjacent to
the listings, all contained under one cover will certainly be apprec-
iated by all collectors, whether beginner or advanced. Our new
book will be far the best thing we have seen and despite the fact
that there are always new discoveries that need to be added we
can rest assured that there has been great combined effort by
many knowledgable Civil War token collectors, to produce complete
and accurate information that will leave little room for improvement.

Our Civil War Token Society is indeed fortunate at this time in
having a foresighted leader who can cope with any increase in
membership. Chris has already set in motion a grass roots program
by appointing state chairmen to bring our present members in each
state into closer contact with others in that state. California chair-
man, Ed Rosen, sent information of a meeting held in Los Angles
recently. The meeting brought out many of the regular California
members and several Civil War token collectors who did not belong
to the Society were signed up. The Californians decided that it
would be advantageous to form a group from both the northern
and southern portions of that state. Each group will hold frequent
meetings in its area with general meetings to be held annually
or semi-annually.

We think the idea a very good one and would appreciate hearing
about meetings in other states. Any of the other appointed state
chairmen in need of ideas will do well to get in touch with Ed.
Any member interested in promoting Civil War token activities
in his own state will please contact Chris Mackel.

WILLIAM GILLEN PASSES AWAY

It is with regret that we announce the death of William B. Gillen
of Warren, Ohio, C.W.T.S. Member #451. Bill was a friend of many
and an enthusiastic collector. He passed away in St. Petersburg,
Florida on March 18.

SOCIETY NEEDS YOUR HELP

Some years ago the Gideon Society set out to place a Bible in
every hotel room. Anyone that has done any travelling has probably
noticed that this feat has been accomplished — or as near as pos-
sible. The Civil War Token Society doesn’t want to place a copy
of the Journal in every hotel room, but it would like to reach as
many libraries and historical societies as possible. Here’s where
you can help. Send the names of the organization in your area
to: DOUG WATSON, Box 112, IOLA, WI 54945. Do it yourself —
don’t depend on someone else.

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by Lloyd Brumley

It was April 13, 1861. The day began as usual for the students
of Miami, University, Oxford, Ohio. Suddenly the small southwestern
town was shocked from its complacency by the rapidly spreading
news: "Charleston Harbor ... General Beauregard . . . Fort Sumter”.

That very day 160 young men, both students and village youths,
placed their names on a roll of volunteers which made up The
University Rifles. The word soon came from Governor Dennison
for the newly formed group: "Report to Camp Jackson, Columbus,
Ohio at the earliest practical moment to become Company B of
the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.”

Picture in your mind the Oxford brass band and the cheering
townspeople caught up in the mighty current of war, seeing off
the students as they marched up High Street on the way to the
station. There the boys of the North and South made solemn and
final farewells as they boarded separate trains.

Further up High Street was MGaw and Richey’s drug store, a
name familiar even today to Civil War token collectors.

Earlier, in 1854, Sutton Richey had come to Oxford to attend
Miami University. When Mr. Richey first struck Oxford he was
worth exactly $7.50. He had nothing as he embarked in the drug
business, his start being derived from money advanced by his father.

Mr. Richey became remarkably successful by strict attention to
business and by treating everybody fairly. He later became post-
master, village treasurer, treasurer of Miami University and sec-
retary of the Building and Loan Association.

Bibliography: The Miami Years by Walter Hauinghurst, The History
of Oxford, Ohio, by Ralph J. McGinnis

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by David D. Gladfelter

This article is about a small but very distinctive group of Civil
War storecards, made by an unknown sinker in Indiana whose style
and workmanship were very primitive. Hence the term "Indiana
Primitives.” I was prompted to write the article by the comment
of a friend for whom I had attributed some tokens, that collecting
by die sinker was interesting but not very popular. It occurred to
me that perhaps the reason this mode of collecting is not more
popular is that very little has been written about it, and that a
good place to begin would be with the Indiana Primitives.

The group comprises only 12 merchant tokens in eight towns,
six in northern Indiana and two in southern Michigan. There are
only 28 varieties in the group, only four of which are struck in an
off-metal (all brass). The group consists of the following:

TOWN

MERCHANT

FULD NO.

H&G VARIETIES

Elkhart, Ind.

Wm. Brooks

Ind. 2 60- A

2521, 2524, 2623-B (3)

11 11

J. Davenport & Son

Ind. 260-B

2624 (1)

11 11

C. T. Greene & Co.

Ind. 260-C

2626, 2627 (2)

La Porte, Ind.

J. Faller & Son

Ind. 530-B

2911-14 (4)

Mishawaka, Ind.

H. D. Higgins

Ind. 630- A

3002-10 (7)

11

B. Holcomb

Ind. 630- B

3018 (1)

New Paris, Ind.

A. M. Davis

Ind. 7 10- A

3029, 3030 (2)

South Bend, Ind.

W. W. Bement

Ind. 860-A

3105 (1)

11 11
Valparaiso, Inc.

Blowney & Johnson
Bartholomew &

Ind. 860- B

3106, 3 106- A, 3106-B (3)

McClelland

Ind. 9 15- A

3133-34 (2)

Cassopolis, Mich.

Boyd & Bradley

Mich. 135- A

Unlisted ( 1 )

Paw Paw, Mich.

A. Sherman & Co.

Mich. 745-C

4566 (1)

With the exception of the two Mishawaka merchant tokens, all are
scarce, seven of the 12 merchant cards being R-7, 8 or 9. The
Cassopolis token is the rarest, having been unknown to Hetrich and
Guttag as well as Barnett. Note that not all varieties of the Brooks,
Higgins and Holcomb tokens are Indiana Primitives; those varieties
not listed above were probably made by the Childs firm of Chicago.

A group of nine H&G reverse dies appear on these tokens —
numbers 6, 69, 116, 121, 130, 152,169,544 and 626. Some of these
dies are also found on patriotic storecards; thus we find that this
sinker also produced a small output of patriotics. Some additional

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dies are found in the group of patriotics — H&G/dies 167, 172,
221, 310-316 inclusive, 334, and a variation of die 167 with the
date 1864 added. The corresponding Fuld numbers of this entire
group of dies can be found in the table on pp. 57-59 of "Patriotic
Civil War Tokens” and are as follows: 9, 85, 155, 165, 175, 211,
232, 232A, 234, 238, 298A, 400, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407,
431, plus three new dies discovered by Fuld: 404, 474 and 475.
H&G dies 544 and 626 appear only on the storecards and not on
the patriotics, thus are not listed in Fuld. In all, we have 24 different
dies; two on storecards only, seven on both storecards and patriotics,
and 15 on patriotics only.

What can we say about this unknown sinker? Only what we can
learn from the tokens themselves, since we have no other information
to go on. Yet the tokens (and the dies associated with them) yield
quite a bit of information. For example:

1. All of the eight towns (except for Battle Creek, Mich., where
Wm. Brooks had another shop) are located within a 50-mile radius
of Mishawaka. The two most common tokens in this group are Mis-
hawaka tokens, and the only other towns having more than one
merchant card in this group are Elkhart and South Bend, 10 and 5
miles from Mishawaka, respectively. This strongly suggests that
the sinker worked in or very near Mishawaka.

2. The tokens are crudely made, in marked contrast to the output
of contemporaneous die sinkers located in the large cities. Lettering
is punched very unevenly into the die; there is much ornamentation,
however, suggesting that the sinker attempted to make up for his
lack of polish by embellishing the design, after the fashion of primi-

tive painters. Weak and uneven strikes are diagnostic of this group,
suggesting that the sinker used a hand-operated coin press. The
rarity of the existing tokens also suggests a slow, hand-made, home-
industry operation instead of a mass-production enterprise. As
noted above, the sinker’s "territory” was a rather tightly limited
area around Mishawaka, suggesting that the sinker traveled seldom
and had little contact with the world beyond his immediate vicinity.

3. The sinker probably could not have supported himself solely
by his token production, which was meager and probably earned
him little money. His technical skill in both die-sinking and press
operating was minimal, although he had a good innate sense of
design. This suggests that his token-making was a part-time activity
and that he probably earned his livelihood at another trade.

4. The sinker had strongly pro-Union sympathies. The dies in-
clude a quotation from Andrew Jackson, "The Union must and shall
be preserved,” as well as a reference to Lincoln’s Emancipation
Proclamation: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land.”

5. The sinker may have sought to win public acceptance of his
tokens with the slogan "Value me as you pleas(e),” which recalls
the John Higley token of 1737. That he succeeded can be deduced
from the fact that the Indiana Primitives are almost invariably
found well worn, seldom is grades better than Very Fine.

6. The sinker probably had some connection with the Childs die
sinker firm of Chicago. As was noted, Childs as well as the Indiana
sinker made tokens for three of the merchants. More importantly,
the lettering of the Holcomb card, with the H&G 69 reverse, is with
Childs punches; also, there are similarities in the reverse dies of
the Childs and Indiana Primitive varieties of the Higgins token
(H&G die 625 is a Childs variety; 544 and 626 are Indiana Primi-
tives).

7. The sinker definitely had a connection with the Scovill Manu-
facturing Co. of Connecticut. Seven of the dies he used, numbers
6, 121, 130, 152, 167, 172 and 221, were also used by the Scovill
firm; die 169 is the same as the Scovill-made die 168 with the
word "Capital” added, and the sinker also struck a very few tokens
from die 167 after adding the date 1864. Melvin Fuld, in his articles
on Scovill in this Journal, suggested that the dies mentioned here

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were engraved in Indiana and then brought east by one Darwin
Ellis who worked for Scovill; however, the evidence suggests rather
that the dies were made by Scovill and later obtained by the Misha-
waka sinker. For one thing, these nine dies were engraved by a
sophisticated workman whose abilities far exceeded his midwestern
colleague. Also, the two altered dies were definitely modified by the
Indiana sinker using his own punches. A third bit of evidence is a
tiny die break running from the center of die 130 to the rim, like the
hand of a clock pointing to 12. This break occurs on the Indiana
Primitives, but not on Scovill-made pieces using this die, indicating
that the pieces with the break were made later. How the sinker
obtained the Scovill dies is a mystery; he evidently obtained them
late in 1863 or early in 1864, as many Scovill tokens bearing the
date 1863 were made from them before they changed ownership.
As noted, the date 1864 was added to one of the dies, possibly
indicating when it was obtained. Scovill did produce some tokens
for Indiana merchants including one South Bend merchant, S. M.
Chord; possibly Ellis, on business in Indiana or on a visit to his
former home, brought along some of his dies and disposed of them
to an old associate. At any rate, while Darwin Ellis may have made
the seven Scovill dies, it is highly unlikely in my opinion that he
would have been the sinker of the Indiana Primitives.

/gk

Further research may someday identify this unknown sinker, al-
though a century has passed since his tokens were made. The most
likely place to search for information would be in Mishawaka; I
would begin by inquiring whether die sinking might have been a
sideline of H. D. Higgins along with his jewelry, optical and instru-
ment making business. Perhaps local newspapers of the day carried
advertisements by this person. Perhaps local history buffs remember
where the tokens came from; perhaps some of the sinker’s de-
scendants would know.

Whether or not we ever find out who the sinker was, we can enjoy
the Indiana Primitives — the few examples available — as charming
and distinctive examples of frontier Americana, crudely made yet
attractive in the same way that the Pine Tree Shillings are attractive,
the products of a society whose necessities of life were largely home-
made.

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19

in center, inscription below.

This piece, obtained in Guttag collection, is too corroded to distinguish, and it may be either patriotic

or store card. Shown here for information only.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

A certain gentleman by the name of N. Webster has defined the
three letter word — TAX — as a disagreeable or burdonsome duty
or charge. We could not agree with him more in his use of those
descriptive adjectives. However, we, as members of the Civil War
Token Society, have no more worries regarding taxes against our
society. Our Attorney, Joe Levine, assures us of this. As of now,
the Civil War Token Society can enjoy the status of a TAX FREE
society.

With the publication of our Summer 1971 Journal we will have
completed four years of effort to inform our members of facts per-
tinant to our hobby. Due to the generosity of some members who
have donated tokens to be auctioned in our society mail bid sale
and to other fund raising measures, we have managed to keep
our financial position sound. To increase the size of the Journal,
and to add other programs beneficial to all of us, your officers
would appreciate any assistance in the form of a donation to our
treasury, whether an outright cash contribution or contribution in
the form of saleable material for our mail bid sale. Please contact
Chris, regarding any help to be offerd.

ADDRESS CHANGES

Members please report all address changes to our secretary, Gail
Levine. Include your old zip code as well as the new.

C.W.T.S. TO MEET IN WASHINGTON D.C.

Make your plans now to attend the C.W.T.S. annual meeting to
be held in conjunction with this years A.N.A. Convention (August
10-14), Washington, D.C. The meeting is scheduled for 1:30, Friday,
August 13 in the Crystal Room — West of the Washington-Hilton
Hotel. Here’s a chance to get together with fellow collectors and
do some swapping of tokens and tales.

Thanks to Randolph Zander who made the arrangements for us.

TOKENS NEEDED TO PHOTOGRAPH

Several tokens are still needed to photograph for the forth-coming
Fuld Guide to Civil War Storecards. If you have any of the following
pieces please send them to Doug Watson, Iola, Wis. for photograph-
ing: OHIO, 25A; 74A, 6505; 70A, 6501; 165AQ, 7004; 165CY,
7528; 165GI; 165GW, 8143; 165GY, 8140, 8148; 175C, 8197. NEW
YORK, 630-N with M.S. Brown in German Script; 630CI, 6304;
MINNESOTA, Barrett and Coleraine.

TWO FOR ONE SALE

Here’s a real bargain for Society members. For the Fall 1971
issue only, we are offering classified advertising at half the regular
price. Thats right — only 2%^ per word! All we ask is that the
minimum word count be 40 words ($1.00). Send in your ad now
so you don’t forget — final deadline on this special offer is July 10.
We’ll throw the zip code in free.

20

Dimensions of

by Melvin Fuld CWTS #5.

We have been asked many times about thick, thin, small and
large Patriotic Civil War tokens. After many requests, we have
listed standard dimensions for those tokens that could be identified
with standards. Having access to Barnet’s and part of Guttag’s
collections we will list the standard and the variations from standard.

All dimensions are in millimeters (MM.), the first figure will be
the diameter and the second, thickness at the edge.

First will be the die combination using FULD numbers, second
the metal (Cu=copper; Br.=brass; Bz=copper dark; Ag. = silver;
WM=white metal; Pb=lead), third will be marked std for standard
size and fourth will be the dimensions. Naturally there will be some
who object to the standard size, however, one has to start some-
where and we picked the above collections as standard sizes. We
have always considered that a token is small if its diameter is
V2 mm. from standard; large is l/a mm., thick and thin should be
at least l/a mm from standard. Not all tokens are listed, only those
that we could consider as a standard. We likewise show some var-
iations.

We also list what we use for the density or specific gravity for
CIVIL WAR TOKENS. The figures are not absolute but are a
guide for each metal. The figures were derived with the help of
several manufactures who made tokens in the 1850-1880 period:

COPPER 7.066 NICKEL 8.000

BRASS 7.601 SILVER 10.300

WHITE METAL

6.937

Size MM

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

1/198

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.3

6A/317

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.5

1/229

Cu.

std.

18.4 x

1.2

19.8 x

1.9

CN

20.0 x

1.6

6B/309

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.5

WM

18.3 x

1.6

18.9 x

1.8

1/391

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.6

6C/314

Cu.

std.

18.9 x

1.4

Cu.

19.0 x

1.0

18.8 x

1.5

18.8 x

1.5

18.9 x

1.7

19.3 x

1.7

19.0 x

1.6

19.3 x

1.6

7/315

Cu.

std.

18.9 x

1.6

Br.

18.5 x

1.3

18.8 x

1.6

WM

19.5 x

1.2

19.1 x

1.2

1/436

Br.

std.

18.5 x

1.3

7A/316

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.5

8/314

Cu.

std.

18.9 x

1.8

5/288

Br.

std.

19.6 x

1.6

10/298

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.5

6/268

Cu.

std.

9.6 x

1.6

18.9 x

1.7

19.9 x

1.3

19.0 x

1.5

6A/269

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.6

19.0 x

1.8

19.6 x

1.2

19.2 x

1.3

21

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

10B/298

Br.

std.

19.1 x

1.4

19.1 x

1.4

Cu.

19.2 x

1.5

10/312

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.5

19.3 x

1.4

12/292

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.8

19.0 x

1.5

13/297

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.7

19.0 x

1.8

14/297

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.6

19.0 x

1.7

15/319

Cu.

std.

18.4 x

1.5

18.3 x

1.4

18.5 x

1.4

18.5 x

1.5

16/340

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.6

18.7 x

1.0

19.0 x

1.3

17/388

Cu.

std.

19.7 x

1.5

19.6 x

1.4

18/337

Cu.

std.

18.7 x

1.5

18.7 x

1.7

18/337

Cu.

19.6 x

1.6

18/353

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.4

18.7 x

1.7

18.7 x

1.5

19/396

Br.

std.

19.5 x

1.4

19.6 x

1.3

Cu.

19.6 x

1.5

19.4 x

1.4

20/303

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.7

19.1 x

1.7

19.5 x

1.6

22/418

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.8

19.7 x

1.7

23/271

Cu.

std.

18.9 x

2.0

19.7 x

1.7

23/306

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.4

19.6 x

1.6

23/306

Br.

std.

19.6 x

1.2

19.8 x

1.5

19.8 x

2.0

Ni.

19.5 x

1.5

Bz.

19.5 x

1.5

25/148

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.5

26/418

Br.

std.

19.5 x

1.5

19.4 x

1.4

28/303

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.5

19.6 x

1.5

Br.

19.2 x

1.4

29/303

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.4

19.5 x

1.3

19.5 x

1.5

19.0 x

1.1

19.0 x

1.3

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

34/277

Cu.

std.

19.8 x 1.8
21.7 x 2.0
20.0 x 1.5

35/265

Cu.

std.

19.5 x 1.8
19.5 x 1.9
19.5 x 1.6

35/277

Cu.

std.

19.4 x 1.8

19.5 x 1.7

36/271

Cu.

std.

19.8 x 1.9
19.5 x 1.7

20.0 x 1.7

19.0 x 2.0

36/340

Cu.

std.

19.5 x i 6
19.5 x 1.4
19.5 x 1.5
19.5 x 1.3

36/432

Cu.

std.

19.5 x 1.4
19.4 x 1.3
18.7 x 1.7

37/255

Cu.

std.

19.5 x 1.5
20.0 x 1.1

37/256

Cu.

std.

20.0 x 1.5
19.8 x 1.8

20.1 x 1.2

37/434

Cu.

std.

19.6 x 1.7
20.2 x 1.2
19.6 x 1.4

Br.

std.

20.2 x 1.2
20.0 x 2.0

CN

std.

19.9 x 1.8
19.9 x 2.0

37/436

Cu.

std.

20.0 x 1.5
20.3 x 1.2

41/337

Cu.

std.

18.7 x 1.5
18.6 x 1.8

19.8 x 1.1

42/inc.

Cu.

std.

18.5 x 1.2
18.4 x 1.5

42/336

Cu.

std.

18.5 x 1.5
18.5 x 1.6
20.0 x 2.2

Ni.

std.

20.0 x 2.0
19.9 x 1.9

43/387

Cu.

std.

19.6 x 1.7
19.6 x 1.9
19.8 x 1.6

44/350

Cu.

std.

20.0 x 1.0
18.7 x 1.5

45/332

Cu.

std.

19.0 x 1.6

18.5 x 1.6
19.3 x 1.4

18.6 x 1.4

46/335

Cu.

std.

18.7 x 1.6
19.0 x 1.1
20.6 x 1.0

22

Size MM

Fuld No. Metal Diam. x Thickness

Br.

std.

20.3 x 1.8
19.0 x 1.4

WM

std.

19.3 x 1.3
21.7 x 1.7

Ag.

std.

19.8 x 1.5

18.8 x 1.5

47/332

Cu.

std.

18.5 x 1.5

19.0 x 1.3
18.7 x 1.4

20.1 x 1.2

CN

std.

19.7 x 1.6
20.0 x 1.6

49/343

Cu.

std.

19.5 x 1.1
18.2 x 1.5

18.6 x 1.8

50/335

Cu.

std.

19.0 x 1.5
18.7 x 1.5

50/342

Cu.

std.

18.7 x 1.6

19.6 x 1.0

19.7 x 1.4

CN

std.

20.0 x 1.6
18.7 x 2.5

51/334

Cu.

std.

19.5 x 1.4
18.2 x 1.6

18.5 x 1.5

Br.

std.

20.2 x 1.8

18.3 x 1.5
18.9 x 1.4

WM

std.

20.0 x 1.4
20.8 x 1.8

51/342

Cu.

std.

18.5 x 1.4
18. 8 x 1.5
19.4 x 1.0
18.8 x 1.4
19.0 x 1.4

WM

std.

20.0 x 1.8
20.0 x 1.5

Ag.

std.

18.6 x 1.5

18.7 x 1.5
20.0 x 1.0

52/335

Cu.

std.

18.5 x 1.8
18.0 x 1.8

52/342

Cu.

std.

18.5 x 1.5

19.5 x 1.2

18.6 x 1.6

52/430

Cu.

std.

18.9 x 1.4
20.0 x 1.7

53/336

Cu.

std.

18.4 x 1.5
18.3 x 1.6

18.5 x 1.7

53/360

Cu.

std.

20.5 x 1.7
22.1 x 1.5

Ag.

std.

19.7 x 1.6
18.4 x 1.4

54/379

Cu.

std.

18.2 x 1.7
19.4 x 1.0

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

54/342

Cu.

std.

18.4 x 1.5

19.4 x 1.0

54/343

Cu.

std.

18.8 x 1.7
18.3 x 1.5
18.7 x 1.5

55/101

Cu.

std.

18.7 x 1.8
19.0 x 1.3

55/162

Cu.

std.

19.2 x 1.0

18.3 x 1.6
19.0 x 2.7

56/229

Cu.

std.

19.2 x 1.2
19.5 x 2.0

WM

std.

19.6 x 1.5

20.6 x 1.8

59/385

Cu.

std.

19.3 x 1.4
19.3 x 1.0

60/346

Cu.

std.

19.2 x 1.4
19.2 x 1.6
19.2 x 1.7
19.1 x 1.6

61/199

Cu.

std.

19.3 x 1.6
19.3 x 1.4

62/367

Cu.

std.

19.2 x 1.5
19.4 x 1.6
19.2 x 1.8
19.4 x 1.7

62A/367

Cu.

std.

19.4 x 1.3
19.4 x 1.3
19.4 x 1.9

63/36<o

Cu.

std.

19.3 x 1.6

18.7 x 1.4
20.5 x 1.3

19.8 x 1.3

63/443

Cu.

std.

19.5 x 1.2
18.9 x 1.4
19.4 x 1.5

66/370

Cu.

std.

19.6 x 1.7
19.0 x 1.9
19.6 x 1.4

67/372

Ni.

std.

19.8 x 2.0
19.4 x 2.3

69/369

Cu.

std.

19.6 x 1.5
19.4 x 1.7
21.2 x 1.5

77/331

Cu.

std.

20.5 x 1.7
20.0 x 1.6
20.0 x 1.3

79/351

Cu.

std.

19.3 x 1.8

19.1 x 1.8
19.0 x 1.9

19.2 x 1.5

Br.

18.8 x 2.0

81/335

Cu.

std.

19.4 x 1.7

18.5 x 2.0
19.0 x 1.7

23

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

82/387

Cu.

std.

19.0 x 1.8
19.5 x 1.8

83/369

Cu.

std.

21.4 x 1.9

20.0 x 1.8

22.0 x 1.4
21. Ox 2.1

21.0 x 2.0

86/357 Cu. std. 19.6x1.8

19.8 x 1.9

19.6 x 1.9

19.6 x 1.5

19.6 x 2.0

87/357 Cu. std. 20.0 x 1.4

19.0 x 1.4

23.0 x 1.6

20.6 x 1.4

19.6 x 1.8

89/356

Cu.

std.

19.0

X

1.5

18.7

X

1.4

90/364

Cu.

std.

19.6

X

1.7

19.5

X

1.5

19.4

X

1.3

19.7

X

1.7

91/303

Cu.

std.

18.9

X

1.6

19.4

X

1.6

19.3

X

1.5

93/362

Cu.

std.

19.0

X

1.6

18.5

X

1.0

19.0

X

1.2

21.0

X

1.9

20.5

X

1.8

95/368

Cu.

std.

19.3

X

1.6

19.4

X

1.8

19.5

X

1.5

98/291

Cu.

std.

19.2

X

1.5

19.3

X

1.4

19.8

X

1.2

20.5

X

1.2

104/263

Cu.

std.

18.7

X

2.0

18.6

X

2.2

105/355

Cu.

std.

19.6

X

1.7

19.3

X

1.8

106/432

Cu.

std.

19.4

X

1.5

19.8

X

1.7

107/432

Cu.

std.

19.0

X

1.5

19.5

X

1.0

18.6

X

1.8

18.8

X

1.1

19.4

X

2.0

19.0

X

1.3

Br.

19.2

X

1.7

18.7

X

1.2

108/201

Cu.

std.

18.4

X

1.4

18.1

X

1.0

19.1

X

1.4

18.5

X

1.3

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

109/440

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.6

19.0 x

1.6

110/442

Cu.

std.

19.4 x

1.7

19.0 x

1.6

19.0 x

1.2

19.4 x

1.5

18.8 x

1.6

19.5 x

1.5

19.5 x

1.4

19.4 x

1.1

111/271

Cu.

std.

20.0 x

1.8

19.2 x

1.8

18.7 x

1.6

18.7 x

2.0

19.4 x

1.7

111/340

Cu.

std.

19.4 x

1.3

18.8 x

1.8

19.6 x

1.5

112/396

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.6

20.0 x

1.5

19.6 x

1.4

117/420

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.5

19.2 x

1.6

19.4 x

1.7

19.2 x

1.4

Bz.

19.2 x

1.6

19.2 x

1.4

118/418

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.7

19.6 x

1.3

19.6 x

2.1

19.3 x

1.5

19.6 x

2.1

19.3 x

1.5

119/410

Cu.

std.

19.7 x

1.8

19.9 x

1.7

119/398

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.6

19.4 x

1.4

19.3 x

1.3

Bz.

19.4 x

1.3

19.3 x

1.7

19.6 x

1.3

19.5 x

1.4

124/201

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

2.0

19.5 x

1.5

20.2 x

2.6

124/294

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.5

Br.

19.2 x

2.0

19.1 x

1.2

Ni.

std.

19.5 x

1.4

19.5 x

1.5

126/295

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.3

19.3 x

1.8

19.2 x

1.8

127/201

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.4

19.6 x

1.8

24

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

127/248

Cu.

std.

19.0

X

1.1

19.1

X

1.4

19.0

X

0.9

Br.

std.

19.3

X

1.0

19.3

X

1.6

20.0

X

1.0

129/347

WM

std.

18.0

X

2.0

18.0

X

1.5

129/349

WM

std.

18.0

X

1.7

18.0

X

1.3

136/397

Cu.

std.

18.3

X

1.3

18.5

X

1.5

18.5

X

1.3

19.6

X

1.3

137/395

Cu.

std.

19.2

X

1.6

18.2

X

2.0

19.2

X

1.3

138/255

Cu.

std.

19.5

X

1.5

20.3

X

1.3

19.8

X

1.6

138/434

Cu.

std.

19.6

X

1.6

20.0

X

1.1

19.6

X

1.4

Br.

std.

20.1

X

1.3

20.3

X

2.0

140/394

Cu.

std.

20.0

X

1.4

19.6

X

1.6

141/307

Cu.

std.

19.6

X

1.4

19.3

X

1.4

Bz.

19.0

X

1.0

143/261

Cu.

std.

19.3

X

1.6

19.2

X

1.5

20.6

X

1.8

19.2

X

1.3

154/218

Cu.

std.

19.5

X

1.5

163/352

Cu.

std.

19.3

X

1.8

19.6

X

1.6

163/312

Cu.

std.

19.0

X

1.5

19.1

X

1.8

167/435

Cu.

std.

20.0

X

2.0

19.5

X

1.4

WM

std.

19.5

X

1.2

19.5

X

1.4

174/272

Cu.

std.

13.2

X

1.6

19.2

X

1.5

19.6

X

1.7

Bz.

19.2

X

1.4

19.2

X

1.7

19.1

X

1.7

176/271

Cu.

std.

19.5

X

1.4

19.2

X

1.7

19.6

X

1.8

19.0

X

1.6

19.1

X

1.7

19.5

X

1.7

19.7

X

1.7

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

177/271

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.7

18.7 x

2.0

19.6 x

1.7

19.7 x

1.0

19.7 x

1.8

20.0 x

1.9

178/266

Cu.

std.

18.7 x

1.4

18.5 x

1.5

19.6 x

2.0

178/266

WM

std.

19.0 x

1.4

21.9 x

1.7

178/267

Cu.

std.

18.2 x

1.4

18.6 x

1.4

18/341

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.5

19.6 x 1.0

19.8 x

1.8

19.4 x 1.5

180/341

Cu.

std.

20.0 x

1.5

WM

std.

22.9 x

1.6

180/343

Cu.

std.

18.7 x

1.5

18.7 x

1.4

20.0 x

2.0

180/430

WM

std.

19.7 x

1.6

22.9 x

2.0

187/214

Fb.

std.

19.0 x

1.9

19.1 x

2.0

188/384

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.5

19.2 x

1.4

19.7 x

1.6

18.7 x

1.4

18.9 x

1.7

191/493

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.7

19.5 x

1.2

18.8 x

1.7

20.0 x 1.4

19.4 x

1.7

195/376

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.5

19.2 x

2.0

195/378

Cu.

std.

19.1 x

1.8

19.3 x

1.7

196/355

Cu.

std.

19.7 x

1.9

19.6 x

1.6

197/380

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.9

19.3 x

2.0

19.4 x

1.8

19.4 x

1.9

19.2 x

1.5

19.6 x

1.6

201/143

Cu.

std.

18.7 x

1.2

19.4 x

1.0

18.5 x

1.3

19.3 x

1.9

202/434

Cu.

std.

21.0 x

1.4

19.6 x

1.5

19.8 x 1.0

19.6 x

1.2

25

Size MM

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

203/412

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.2

241/336

Cu.

std.

20.5 x

1.7

19.9 x

1.0-

23.5 x

1.6

Br.

std.

19.9 x

1.2

241/338

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.4

19.5 x

1.0

19.0 x

2.1

19.5 x

1.1

19.6 x

1.1

203/413

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.6

19.7 x

1.3

19.7 x

1.0

242/374

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.7

19.7 x

1.2

19.3 x

1.4

Br.

std.

19.6 x

1.2

19.3 x

1.8

204/413

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.3

243/247

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.6

19.6 x

1.4

19.2 x

1.8

206/320

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.5

243/277

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.8

Bz.

std.

19.6 x

1.6

19.1 x

1.4

19.5 x

1.4

243/379

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.7

Gilt.

std.

19.6 x

1.4

19.2 x

1.7

19.5 x

1.5

19.3 x

1.4

244/291

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.4

207/323

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.5

19.2 x

1.5

207/409

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.5

244/381

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.5

19.3 x

1.6

19.3 x

1.7

19.1 x

1.7

19.3 x

2.0

19.7 x

1.6

249/432

Cu.

std.

18.7 x

1.4

209/414

Cu.

std.

19.4 x

1.5

19.0 x

1.0

19.0 x

1.6

252/271

Cu.

std.

19.1 x

1.2

224/326

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.4

19.2 x

1.0

19.5 x

1.2

252/432

Cu.

std.

19.3 x

1.1

225/327

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.4

19.3 x

2.0

19.7 x

1.7

Ag.

std.

19.8 x

1.4

19.7 x

1.4

19.8 x

1.0

19.6 x

1.7

Br.

std.

19. 6x

1.4

254/255

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.6
1 i

229/359

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.0

20.0 x

1. 1

19.6 x

2.0

255/390

Cu.

std.

19.8 x

1.8

231/352

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.7

19.7 x

1.8

19.0 x

1.9

20.3 x

1.0

Bz.

std.

19.1 x

1.8

19.5 x

1.6

19.1 x

1.7

255/392

Cu.

std.

19.6 x

1.5

233/312

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.5

20.6 x

1.3

19.1 x

1.5

255/393

Cu.

std.

20.0 x

1.2

18.9 x

1.8

20.0 x

1.1

236/426

Cu.

std.

19.2 x

1.7

20.5 x

1.0

19.1 x

1.6

21.0 x

1.3

237/423

Cu.

std.

19.5 x

1.5

255/433

Cu.

std.

20.2 x

1.5

19.4 x

1.5

20.7 x

1.4

19.4 x

1.3

256/438

Cu.

std.

19.7 x

1.6

19.6 x

1.5

19.8 x

1.1

240/337

Cu.

std.

19.0 x

1.6

258/446

Cu.

std.

24.6 x

1.4

18.9 x

1.4

25.6 x

1.0

19.0 x

1.4

26.5 x

1.2

239/234

Cu.

std.

19.4 x

1.6

WM

std.

24. 6 x

2.5

19.4 x

1.5

24.4 x

1.5

240/341

Cu.

std.

18.4 x

1.6

279/350

Cu.

std.

18.2 x

1.7

19.5 x

1.6

18.2 x

1.5

241/336

Cu.

std.

18.6 x

1.5

19.0 x

1.0

18.3 x

1.5

WM

std.

20.0 x

1.7

19. 6x

1.1

21. Ox

1.7

26

Fuld No.

Metal

Size MM

Diam. x Thickness

332/336

Cu.

std.

20.0 x 1.9

Br.

std.

19.6 x 1.6
19.6 x 1.0
19.8 x 2.0

WM

std.

19.6 x 1.8

19.7 x 1.6

337/350

Cu.

std.

21. Ox 1.6
19.0 x 1.6

18.6 x 1.5

Size MM

Fuld No.

Metal

Diam. x Thickness

349/477

WM

std.

19.1 x 1.3
18.5 x 1.7

19.5x4.5

359/436

Cu.

std.

19.3 x 2.0
19.0 x 1.2

481/484

Pb.

std.

29.2 x 1.8
28.8 x 1.8

TOKEN TEASER NUMBER 9

In a recent auction Jack bid a fixed amount per token on all of
the Patriotics and bought several of them totalling $1099.99 while
Bill bid a fixed amount per token on all of the Store Cards and
bought several totalling $1188.29. Jack bought more tokens than
Bill.

How many more?

Congratulations and the free CWT go to Barbara Kelly who sent
her list of 221 words for TT Number 8.

Send answer to TT Number 9 to: Robert R. Hailey. Box 87, Rock-
ledge, Florida 32955. Free CWT to person with correct answer, and
if more than one person sends the correct answer, winner will be
determined by lot. Every person with correct answer has a chance
to win.

"WOE IS ME"

That is the name given to this token in the collection of Tom
Radzavich, a new member from East Hampton, Conn.

Tom says, "I can’t see where the die would have lasted much
longer.” "I would say that clashed dies caused the sorry state of
the reverse.

27

The General Store

WANTED — Consignments for my mail auctions. Please write first.
Jack Detwiler, Box 23185, San Diego, Ca. 92123.

FIXED PRICE LIST, available for store cards remaining from my
collection. Very reasonable. Marshall Goldstein Box 647 State College,
Pa. 16801

FULD CATALOG, — Patriotic Civil War Tokens, 3rd edition, $1
plus 2 6d stamps. Jack Detwiler, Box 23185, San Diego, Ca. 92123.

WANTED FOR MY COLLECTION. New York Civil War Tokens.
Want all silver, copper nickel over cent, and copper nickel var-
ieties. Can use some nickel and white meted varieties. No trades.
Give best price in first letter. All letters will be answered. Please
use Hetrich and Guttag numbers. Chris Mackel, 8024 So. Mulligan,
Oak Lawn 111. 60459.

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a

MAIL AUCTION C.W. STORE CARDS

Lot No. Description
OHIO

1. Adamsville 5-A A.U.

2. Barnesville 50-B VF Dk.

3. Bellaire 60-B VF R4

4. Bellvue 65-A XF R-5

5. Berea 74-AXF R-3

6. Beverly 764 XF R-5

7. Birmingham 79-A XF R4

8. Bryan 100-C VG R4

9. Cadiz 110-BUNCR-6

10. Cambridge 115 B VG R-3

11. Canton 125-A Fine R4

12. Clarksburg 170-BVF R-6

13. Dayton 230-B AU R4

14. Delphos 250-A XF R-3

15. Edgerton 270-A XF R-5

16. Fredericktn 320-A R-6

17. Elyria 290-AUNC BRASS

18. Gabon 340-AXF R4

Deadline July 1, 1971
Lot No. Description

19. Gallipolis 345-6 VF R-5

20. Greenvlle 360-A AU R-3

21. Hillsboro 400-A Fine R4

22. Laurelvle 445-A UNC R-3

23. Mansfield 5054 VF R-2

24. Marion 5204 AU R-5

25. Martinsburg 530-B F. R-5

26. Massillon 535-D XF R-3

27. Maumee 540-B VG R-6
Toll Bridge Co.

28. Morristown 5654 VF

29. Mt. Eaton 5854 VF

30. Navarre 5974 BU R-5

31. New London 6204 XF R-3

32. N. Hampton 6454 VG Dk.

33. No. Liberty 6504 XF

34. Norwalk 6704 AU R4

35. Oberlin 690 B XF R-6

36. Perrysburg 7254 UNC

Lot No. Description

37. Piqua 7304 XF R-3

38. Pomeroy 735-B AU R-5

39. Portsmouth 745-B BU R-5

40. Ravenna 765-E AU R-3

41. Van Wert 9004 XF R-7
A Tough One

42. Wapakoneta 905-C VF BR.
R-8 Variety

NON OHIO

43. Pa. 750-LVF Silver

44. Pa. 6154 VF

45. Wise. 510-C VF

46. N.J.8854XF BR.

47. N.Y.890-D UNC RUBBER

48. W.Va. 8904 VG R-6

49. Mich. 525-C VF R-3

50. R.I.7004XF R-3

10 Day Return Privileges

NILES SHULTZ — Exonumist

509 HIGHLAND AVE. S.W. MASSILLON, OHIO 44646

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FALL 1971

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Patriotic Patter

|

Jfe ~~ZT i

,,A r ....

by Jack R. Detwiler

8k & (All rights reserved by the author)

This issue of the Journal of the Civil War Token Society marks
the beginning of the fifth year of its publication. It may not be cor-
rect to compare the Journal with fried chicken, but the CWTS pub-
lication has been "finger lickin’ good”! So lick your fingers a few
more times and we’ll go through Volume 5, Number 3.

Maverick. Captain Arthur W. Tuttle of San Diego submitted this
crazy patriotic token 91/303. It was sent to Ken Trobaugh, Melvin
Fuld, Bob Hailey and Benj. Fauver for identification. Everyone
passed, as I did, except Benj. who offered an explanation which I
spent several hours checking. It’s the best theory that can be
offered until a better explanation is submitted.

OB V- Fuld 91

Object REV-Fuld 303

Benj.’s theory is that a piece of the press or some object (see fig-
ure for its shape) was clashed (impressed) into the dies. Then the
dies were used to strike the patriotic token — not once, but twice.
Parts of three stars at the junction of 1st and 2nd feathers, and at
the tops of the 3rd and 4th feathers verifies the double strike of die
91. Except for the double impression of the "object”, it was not
possible to find any specific evidence of a double strike of die 303
on the reverse.

This perplexing patriotic puzzled the panel! If we can’t identify the
CW token for you, the least we can do is provide a tongue twister
with which you may entertain your children (or grandchildren).

Change in Die-a-gram Format. Die-a-grams published in the past
have listed the Fuld number, number of varieties, and rarities in-
volved under each photograph of the die. The Fuld number is man-

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datory for the identification of the die, but the value of the other
two categories is questionable. The only other information which
would aid the type collector is the lowest available rarity of the die.
Therefore, the die-a-gram included in this article has been revised to
list the Fuld number and lowest rarity of the die under each photo-
graph. The number of varieties and rarities has been dropped.

Die-a-gram P-26. Fuld dies 342-344 have been organized into Die-
a-gram No. P-26 on page 4. Die 342A is listed in the 3rd edition of
Fulds’ "Patriotic Civil War Tokens’’ on page 15 (51 342A C R5),
but there is no photograph of this die included in the plates. Most
of the 342A specimens have a die break from the left star to the R
(FOR) and two lines extending from the bottom of the 3rd bar (in
shield) to the 8(1864). Since these two features don’t exist on all
specimens, the short 1(1864) and the larger border beads are better
identifiers for distinguishing between dies 342 and 342A. To dis-
tinguish between large and small border beads, the number of beads
can be counted from the 1(1864) clockwise to the left stem of the
U(UNION). Die 342 has 18 beads; 342A, 14 beads.

Die 344 is a worn and filled die 343. The three photos below show
the progression of the die degradation from 343 to 344. The right
star is going, going, gone.

Fuld 343

(Strong Right Star)

Fuld 343

(Weak Right Star)

Fuld 344
(No Right Star)

It is interesting to note how the left star in the photographs is
also deteriorating — strong, weak, weaker. In my opinion die 344 is
a minor die variety (of 343) and should not be listed as a separate
die of the patriotic series. This is not meant as criticism of the
Fulds for listing die 344. I will always defend their right to publish
their opinion.

Dies 342-344 are the reverses for the Indian Princess dies 49-52
and 54. In addition the 1864 Shield dies provide reverses for Fuld
obverses 41, Capped Liberty Head, and 180-181, General Franz
Sigel.

Opinion on Fakes. I believe that most fabrications of patriotic
CWT’S were done years ago and are not the efforts of present-day
counterfeiters. This includes most gold and silver plated patriotics.
The recent popularity of Civil War tokens has not only rediscovered
the genuine tokens but the fakes as well.

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DIE-A-GRAMNO. P-26

TRADEMARK

FULD PATRIOTIC NOS. 342-344
Union For Ever/ Shield/ 1864

Fuld 342
H&G 257
R-l

Fuld 342A
H&G-None
R-5

Fuld 343
H&G 258
R-l

Fuld 344
H&G 258
R-3

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The problem is that collectors, in the past, have had little know-
ledge of CW tokens. Fabricated pieces were saved because they were
different — an off-metal, a blank reverse, etc. — and because there
was always the possibility the fake tokens were genuine rare vari-
eties. The CW token collector was never sure of what he had. Condi-
tions changed when the Fulds published their two CW token catalogs
in 1960-62 and the Civil War Token Society was founded in 1967.
Information was disseminated to CW token exonomists. Knowledge
fostered discrimination between genuine and fabricated CW tokens.

Once a fabricated piece is identified as a fake, the owner should
either destroy it or have it counter-stamped "COPY”. Otherwise, the
next generation has to rediscover and re-identify the fabricated
token. What a waste of time and effort!

Another Fabrication. Louis Waldman sent in this fabrication of
37/256. Like most fakes the workmanship is of very poor quality.
In particular, the lettering on both the obverse and reverse is quite
crude when compared with that of a genuine specimen. Pitting exists
in both the obverse and reverse fields. The design features of the
fruit in each horn of plenty are indistinct on the fabricated piece.
The genuine 37/256 is struck in copper only; the copy is made of
pot metal. Photos of the genuine and fabricated pieces are shown
below.

OBV
Fuld 37

GENUINE FABRICATED

GENUINE

FABRICATED

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Obverse differences. The leading edge of the neck is straight as it
approaches the point on the genuine article, whereas there is a bulge
in the leading edge on the fabricated specimen. The genuine piece
has a distinct notch where the chin joiiis the neck; the fabricated
piece has little or no notch. Reverse difference. The top leaf of the
left horn turns out toward the H(Horrors) on the genuine reverse,
but the same top leaf is indistinct and turns up and away from the
same H on the copy.

Revised Ground Rules. Future reporting of new listings will be
separated into two categories — major and minor varieties. A major
variety will consist of a new die combination, a new overstrike on a
coin or token, or a new metal. Minor varieties will consist of a new
planchet size or a minor die variety such as a clip, die break, worn
die.

It is recommended that major varieties be added to Fulds’ "Patri-
otic Civil War Tokens”, but that minor varieties be excluded from
the catalog. The addition of all minor varieties to the Fuld catalog
would increase its size by 3-5 times and cause major varieties to
become obscure among the profusion of minor varieties.

New Major Varieties. All three new listings are metal varieties.

Fuld 37 Fuld 255

1) 37 255 BR R8 by Walter Ott. This piece has a strong brass
color, and is not one of those in-between-metals where you can’t
decide whether it is brass or copper.

Fuld 52 Fuld 342

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2) 52 342 S R9 (Over U.S. dime) by Walter Ott. This overstrike
may be an R-10. The understrike, 1853 Liberty Seated with arrows,
is very clear on the obverse. This token is lot 849 of the Abner
Kreisberg sale of October 31, 1966. The token was described in the
auction catalog as "German Silver (this metal not listed). Weak
strike. Uncirculated (50.00).” There was absolutely no mention of
the reeded edge, the clue that the token is struck over a U.S. dime.
Once the understrike is identified as a U.S. dime, the metal falls
out automatically as silver.

This is just one of many examples of how little all of us (the author
included) know about the attribution of metal varieties. What is
needed is a workshop on metal identification sponsored by ANA,
TAMS, or CWTS at one of the ANA conventions.

Fuld 92 Fuld 199

3) 92 199 C-N R9 by Walter Ott. This is lot 2105 of the Harmer,
Rooke sale of Nov. 17-22, 1969. While "92/199 C-N R-9 (Over C-N
cent)” is listed in the 3rd edition of "Patriotic Civil War Tokens”,
the plain C-N variety is not listed.

There is a very small possibility that this specimen is struck over
a C-N cent. Part of an "A” appears in the reverse field above and
to the left of the "A” in "medal”. This "A” could be from "States”
or "America” of the cent understrike, or it could be a double die of
Fuld 199. It is impossible to tell which case is correct. There are
marks which indicate the planchet was filed before it was struck with
the CW token dies. It is possible that not all of the U.S. Cent design
was removed by the filing, and this may explain why only the "A”
remains from the cent understrike. Since these theories cannot be
proven, this piece is listed as a plain C-N variety.

New Minor Varieties. All of the following minor varieties fall into
the oversized-planchet category.

1) 41 337 C R8 (Large flan, 20mm) by David Gladfelter. Here’s
another one of those 20mm planchet varieties from the Capped Li-
berty Head group. The larger flan is recognized by its broader rim.
Standard flan is lS^mm. The planchet is thin(lmm) vs. a standard
thickness of 1.5mm.

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V

Fuld 41

20mm

Fuld 337

OBV-Fuld 180

REV-Fuld 341

OBV-Fuld 180

REV-Fuld 343

OBV-252

REV-432

2) 180 341 WM R8 (Large flan, 22mm) by Walter Ott.

3) 180 343 WM R9 (Large flan, 22mm) by Lloyd Brumley.

4) 252 432 WM R8 (Large flan, 22mm) by Walter Ott.

Melvin Fuld reports that the standard diameters for the three WM
pieces are: 180/341-20mm, 180/343-20mm, and 252/432-19. 8mm.
180/341 is lot 2125 from the Harmer, Rooke sale, and its listing of
tin was determined by x-ray analysis. The listing above has been
changed from tin to WM. There are several reasons why this tin
token was classified with the WM group: (1) Collectors cannot dis-

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tinguish between tin and WM either visually or by specific gravity
tests, (2) X-ray analysis is still too expensive to use for metal deter-
mination, and (3) A new metal category may benefit the dealers but
will cost more for collectors.

Both obverses of 180/341 and 180/ 343 were produced from a worn
180 die. Fred Reed would call the die a 180 A. The author prefers
not to assign new die numbers to worn, filled dies which are minor
varieties of the original die. Many of the patriotic dies have 2-5
minor die varieties. If new die numbers are assigned to all these
minor die variations, then the patriotic catalog will become as big as
the store card catalog. Major die varieties will lose their significance
when intermingled among all those minor die varieties.

Acknowledgments. Thanks to Dale Cade, Benj. Fauver, Melvin
Fuld, and Paul White for their contributions to Die-a-gram No. P-26.
Thanks also to Doug Watson and Krause Publications for supplying
most of the photographs.

Cade Replaces Detwiler as Auction Manager

President Chris Mackel announces the appointment of Dale Cade
as the society’s new auction manager. Dale replaces Jack Detwiler
who resigned to devote more time to his own business affairs.
Jack has served as our first manager since June 1968 and has
conducted six auctions for the society.

Members can expect "business as usual” since Dale and Jack
are working together to make a smooth changeover. Lots are ur-
gently needed for Auction #7 (late Dec. ’71) and should be sent
to Dale at his address below with the proper description and grading
(see previous auction lists for what data should be supplied) by
September 1st: DALE CADE, 26548 Mazur Dr., Palos Verdes Pen-
insula, Ca. 90274.

Jack reports that Auction #6 (June 30, 1971) produced gross
receipts of $395.00. The CWTS receives 10% of the gross or $39.50.
Auction operating expenses are deducted from the society’s share
of the proceeds. Thanks go to Ed Rosen and Ken Trobaugh who
donated a total of five lots which sold for $11.95 (CWTS receives
all revenue from donation lots).

Charlie Kropp, as a member of the auction committee, handled
most of the tasks prior to the publication of the June 1971 auction
list of lots. Charlie is also resigning from the auction committee.

SOCIETY NEEDS YOUR HELP

Some years ago the Gideon Society set out to place a Bible in
every hotel room. Anyone that has done any travelling has probably
noticed that this feat has been accomplished — or as near as pos-
sible. The Civil War Token Society doesn’t want to place a copy
of the Journal in every hotel room, but it would like to reach as
many libraries and historical societies as possible. Here’s where
you can help. Send the names of the organization in your area
to: DOUG WATSON, Box 112, IOLA, WI 54945.

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A NEW JOURNAL FUNCTION?

During the past few weeks we have had under consideration a
new feature to be included in our Journal. We hope to run news
items regarding new finds in dies, new merchants, if any are found,
errors in locations and especially we are concerned with undated
cards of dubious eligibility to the Civil War Token catagory.

Our purpose is not one of criticism but to produce factual evidence,
and wherever possible, to assist in verification of any token. New
dies and new tokens, and new bits of information are frequently dis-
covered by our members. In the past the publication of a new book
including changes has been the only manner in which dissemination
of this type of news has been Dossible. Now we have our Journal —
let’s use it.

A new Fuld issue on Civil War Patriotic and Merchant Store Cards
will soon be on the market. Every effort for perfection has been made
by those concerned, and all of us can be certain it will be the most
accurate and complete record possible. The new simplified die num-
bering system and the added rarity values for each variety will
bring value increase to each collector for greater than the price of
the book. No serious collector or half serious collector can afford to
be without it.

Getting back to our second paragraph — the item of having a
more rapid method of communication between the fact finder and
the other members of our Society. First — should we appoint a
knowledgeable collector residing in each of several areas to look at
the evidence produced by the discoverer in his area and report
such findings to the Journal.

Second — should we leave the matter up to the presidents of the
various state branches of C. W. T. S.

Third — should there be two knowledgeable persons in each area —
one assigned to Patriotics and another to store cards to act as ad-
visors and go-betweens.

Mr. Melvin Fuld has been very generous in offering his time to act
as chairman of the project in an advisory capacity. We, the Journal
staff, are also in need of the editorial contributions by Mr. Fuld and
certainly would appreciate area members that would take on the job
and ask for very little of his time.

We would very much appreciate hearing opinions of members who
feel that communication should be carried through the pages of the
Journal. And we are definitly interested in learning some of your
ideas as to how the process should be carried on to produce the best
results.

ADDRESS CHANGES

Members please report all address changes to our secretary, Gail
Levine. Include your old zip code as well as the new.

There has been considerable interest in tokens issued by FELIX
DINING SALOON (630-W) of New York City. The main aspect
that sets this merchant’s token apart from the rest is the word
"Kosher” in Hebrew lettering on the advertising side. The word
"Kosher” being defined as "a Jewish term for food made ceremonially
clean according to Mosaic law, especially applied to meat slaughtered
in a way insuring complete bleeding”.

Felix Dining Saloon tokens are known in different metals and dies
composing 13 major varieties as noted in M. & G. Fuld’s "Guide
to Store Card Tokens”. A detailed listing is as follows:

DIE 49

DIE 260

5425

Copper

5426

Brass

5427

Nickel

5428

Over CN Cent

5429

White Metal

5430

Silver

5432 Copper

5433 Brass

5434 Nickel

5435 Over CN Cent

5436 White Metal

5437 Silver
5437A Over Dime

Not only does Felix Tokens hold a place in the store card area
but it ventures into the Patriotic field by being used as planchets
for the following: All are struck over H&G 5425, die 49 in copper.

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PATRIOTIC

STORE CARD

60/200

60/346

200/346

630-AG 5548/49

5554/145

630-AN 5634/145

630-BN 6038/49

There are many varieties which give the collector a real challenge.
The most readily obtainable are the copper and brass varieties of
both dies. It may be noted that sub-varieties may exist in clip,
thick and thin planchets and upset dies. Anyone possessing infor-
mation on the merchant himself please pass along to your editor.
It does seem probable that the name "Felix” would be a surname.
However, a search through a New York City Directory of the era
may bring to light a family name that would bring to light some
new information on the restaurateur and his business.

NOTE: In my opinion the Store Card group which are overstruck
can only be SCARCE. I know of several of each variety as well
as some listings in recent auctions. Anyone possessing any of these
tokens please check for the overstrike and send the list to your
editor. A rarity rating of R6 would be a fair guess at this time.

MICHIGAN COLLECTORS HEAR PRESIDENT MACKEL

The highlight of the third annual meeting of the Michigan branch
of the Civil War Token Society was a talk by President Chris Mackel
who gave a resume’ of progress made by the Society during the past
five years. He expressed some new ideas regarding improvements
through efforts to bring about better communication among our
nation wide membership by appointing a member from each state
to act as chairman of state group meetings. He also expressed his
pleasure regarding the increasing number of members and plans
to continue work toward achievement of a 500 member goal.

The Michigan meeting was held on Sunday, July 11 at Ann Arbor,
Michigan with state chairman Clifton Temple presiding. There were
twelve Society members and seventeen guests present. The group
viewed the showing of the token slides, and inspected several sets
of Michigan tokens that were on display.

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Phone (516) 621-0763

P. O. Box 123

Albertson, N. Y. 11507

Offers a Selection of

Civil War Tokens With Obverse of WASHINGTON

PATRIOTICS

FULD

H.G.

METAL

CONDITION

RARITY

PRICE

105/355

580

copper

unc

3

5.00

106/432

599

c/n

unc

8

25.00

(not overstruck, ex

Parsons lot #893)

107/108

607

c/n

unc

8

25.00

(not overstruck)

107/432

619

copper

unc

1

5.00

108/201

610

copper

EF

3

5.00

108/201

unlisted

c/n

unc

9

30.00

108/201

615

silver

unc

8

60.00

109/442

625

copper

unc

5

10.00

110/442

627

copper

unc

1

10.00

1 11/271

629

copper

VG

4

1.00

111/340

631

copper

unc

3

5.00

112/396

635

copper

AU

1

2.50

117/420

643

copper

unc

1

5.00

117/420

644

brass

AU

4

10.00

118/418

650

copper

unc

2

10.00

118/418

651

brass

unc

5

15.00

119/398

659

copper

unc

1

5.00

120/256

667

copper

unc

9

30.00

120/256

668

brass

unc

6

20.00

120/434

unlisted

copper

unc

9

30.00

120/434

677

c/n

unc

7

30.00

174/272

893

copper

unc

1

5.00

175/400

897

copper

unc

3

7.50

176/271

903

copper

VF

1

2.50

176/271

907

W/M

unc

8

40.00

177/271

91 1

copper

EF

2

5.00

177/271

913

c/n

VF

9

20.00

255/390

1209

copper

unc

1

5.00

390/434

1291

copper

unc

3

7.50

STORE CARDS

H.G.

FULD

METAL

CONDITION

PRICE

2332

III 200A

Copper

VF

10.00

2466

III 890A

Copper

VF

7.50

2467

III 890A

Brass

Unc

12.50

2468

III 890A

W/M

Unc

15.00

Unlisted

Mass 530A

Copper

EF

10.00

4755

NJ 555A

Brass

Unc

15.00

4811

NJ 555C

Brass

Unc (spotted)

15.00

4953

NY 95A

Copper

Unc

5.00

4963

NY 95D

Copper

Unc

7.50

4964

NY 95D

Brass

Unc not overstruck

10.00

4967

NY 95D

W/M

Unc

15.00

5009

NY 95F

Copper

Unc

7.50

5013

NY 95F

W/M

Unc

12.50

5160

NY 330A

Copper

Unc

7.50

5250

NY 63 0J

Copper

Unc

7.50

5251

NY 63 0J

Brass

Unc

10.00

5254

NY 63 0J

W/M

Unc

15.00

5264

NY 630K

Copper

Unc

7.50

5265

NY 630K

Brass

Unc

10.00

5269

NY 630K

Silver

Unc

60.00

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H.G.

FULD

METAL

CONDITION

PRICE

5270

NY 630K

Copper

Unc

7.50

527)

NY 630K

Brass

Unc

10.00

5272

NY 630K

Nickel

Unc

25.00

5280

NY 630K

Copper

Unc

15.00

5281

NY 630K

Brass

Unc

20.00

5282

NY 630K

Nickel

Unc

40.00

5298

NY 630K

Brass

Unc

10.00

5303

NY 630K

Copper

Unc

5.00

5304

NY 630K

Brass

Unc

7.50

5306

NY 630K

C/N

Unc

15.00

5307

NY 630K

W/M

Unc

20.00

5308

NY 630K

Silver

Unc

50.00

5368

NY 630L

Copper

Unc

5.00

5369

NY 630L

Brass

Unc

7.50

5420

NY 630V

Copper

Unc

5.00

5421

NY 630V

Copper

Unc

5.00

5422

NY 630V

Copper

Unc

5.00

5463

NY 630AB

Copper

Unc

30.00

5508

NY 630AD

C opper

Unc

5.00

551 1

NY 630AD

C/N

Unc over 1863 Cent

50.00

5614

NY 630AL

Copper

AU

2.50

5661

NY 630AP

Copper

Unc

3.50

5764

NY 630AS

Brass

Unc

7.50

5772

NY 630AT

Copper

VF

1.00

5827

NY 630BB

Copper

Unc

5.00

5828

NY 630BB

Brass

Unc

7.50

5830

NY 630BB

C/N

Unc

15.00

5831

NY 630BB

W/M

Unc

17.50

5841

NY 630BB

Copper

Unc

10.00

5842

NY 630BB

Brass

Unc

15.00

5843

NY 630BB

Nickel

Unc

15.00

5844

NY 630BB

C/N

Unc

15.00

5845

NY 630BB

W/M

Unc

20.00

5858

NY 630BB

Copper

Unc Thin planchet

15.00

5858

NY 630BB

Copper

Unc Thick planchet

15.00

5859

NY 630BB

Brass

Unc

20.00

5860

NY 630BB

Nickel

Unc

25.00

5861

NY 630BB

C/N

Unc

25.00

5862

NY 630BB

W/M

Unc

25.00

5863

NY 630BB

Silver

Unc

65.00

5865

NY 630BB

Copper

Unc

5.00

5866

NY 630BB

Brass

Unc

10.00

5867

NY 630BB

Nickel

Unc

15.00

5868

NY 630BB

C/N

Unc

15.00

5869

NY630BB

W/M

Unc (Ex Parsons
Lot 892)

15.00

5870

NY 630BB

Silver

Unc (Ex Parsons
Lot 891 )

60.00

5871

NY 630BB

C/N

Unc over 1 858
F.E. Cent

60.00

5966

NY 630BG

Brass

Unc

7.50

5969

NY 630 BG

W/M

Unc

10.00

5983

NY 630BG

Copper

AU

5.00

Unlisted

NY 630 BJ

Nickel

Unc

60.00

6180

NY 630BV

Nickel

Unc

15.00

6262

NY 630CB

Copper

EF

2.50

6266

NY 630CB

Copper

Unc

5.00

6277

NY 630CD

Copper

Unc

5.00

8554

OH 505B

C/N

Unc

20.00

9257

PA 464A

Copper

Unc

20.00

9261

PA 464A

W/M

Unc

30.00

9262

PA 464A

C/N

Unc over 1 863 Cent

50.00

9368

PA 750V

Copper

Unc

5.00

Unlisted

PA 750K

Copper

Unc (Ex Parsons
Lot 905)

10.00

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Civil

War

by David D. Gladfelter

1 Elliot Woodward, the auctioneer, commented in his catalog of

the great J. N. T. Levick collection sold in 1884 that Civil
War storecards were so numerous and issued so widely that "if all
other records were lost, the business and political history of the coun-
try, during our great war, could be written from the records here
preserved.” This rather sweeping statement may contain some truth
for cities like New York and Cincinnati and Detroit, where scores of
merchants large and small issued their advertising cards during this
turbulent period. But in New Jersey it would not be accurate, for
the story of New Jersey’s Civil War storecards is the story of small
businessmen, who played only minor roles in the State’s business
and political history.

These small business men would be forgotten entirely were it not
for New Jersey’s great interest in local history. Many accounts
have been written of the histories of individual towns and counties;
in many cases city directories were issued and preserved, containing
a record of the names of local inhabitants; local newspapers contain-
ing the merchants’ advertisementshavebeenpreserved, and although
the state of the art of small town journalism in the 19th Century
was atrocious, it is possible sometimes to find an obituary containing
a detailed record of a merchant’s life. Other sources of information
are wills, vital statistics, family genealogies, and business directories.
For assistance in working with these sources, the writer is indebted
to local reference librarians throughout the State, but particularly
to David C. Munn, New Jersey State Archivist, and his staff in the
Archives and History Bureau.

^|phe New Jersey CWT series is small, comprising only 10 store-
□ cards. Only one, the Bodine & Brothers ofWilliamstown, is really
rare; the others, while not rare, are not common either, and are
probably somewhat underrated in the Fuld reference. The three
Newark cards, the Titus of Trenton and the Smick of Atlantic City
are probably solid R-3’s; Terhune Brothers and Bailey of Jersey
City and John Engel of Elizabeth R-4’s; and Coutts of Perth Amboy
an R-5 or R-6.

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Bodine & Brothers, Williamstown. Damia Francis in her article
"New Jersey Tokens,” TAMS Journal, August, 1969, correctly
identified the location of this piece, erroneously considered a Glass-
boro token by Edgar H. Adams and wrongly listed for nearly 50
years. The piece is being mentioned first to call attention to the

correct location. The Bodine card really has more in common with
the State’s "company store” tokens than with other CWT, as it was
used by workers in the Bodine glass factory to buy merchandise at
the store. The factory, built in 1835, was purchased by Joel Bodine

BODINE & BROTHERS,

MANUFACTURES OP

Dials,

Pickle Jars, Mineral k Porter Bottles, k

Manufacturers and Proprietors of the Best Arn-
Tionr Fuuit Jaes made.

C*7~ Special attention (riven to making Bottles
for using tho Albertson Stopper.

WH LIAMS TOWN, CAMDEN CO., N. J.
Office, 201 Market St., Philadelphia.

John F. Bodine, Wm. If. Bodine, .T. Alf'd Bodine

IJ token, dated 1856 and 1863, the latter being much rarer (and
more in demand by collectors as a CWT). The cards are sort of in-
complete shell cards, the reverse having the incuse impression of the
obverse. They are in brass, 27mm in diameter. They were probably
struck by John C. Odling of 331 Arch St., Philadelphia, as they are
punchlinked to a signed Odling political token dated 1856 (DeWitt
MF 1856-1). The Bodine firm had a Philadelphia office.

^gbmick’s Neptune House, Atlantic City. Card: N. J. 20-A, 4 vari-
\_)eties. Atlantic City was created as a resort city by the building
of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad in 1854. Carnesworthe, whose
local history was published in 1868, describes the city as "to all in-
tents and purposes, the creation of railroad enterprise.” It quickly

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in 1839; then taken over by his three
sons in 1855, who operated it as Bo-
dine & Brothers until 1867. John F.
Bodine (1821-1883), who served in
both houses of the State Legislature
and also as a justice of the peace, con-
tinued the business with anotherpart-
ner until his death, at which time the
factory employed 375 men in the man-
ufacture of various kinds of glass bob
ties and jars. His brothers were J. Al-
fred (1831-1899) and William H. (born
1824).

sphere are two varieties of the Bodine

became a popular vacation spot for Philadelphians, containing in
1868 a resident population of about 500, but a summer population
of 35,000 to 40,000.

||||eptune House was in existence as early as 1858. In the Phila-
□didelphia Public Ledger of September 16, 1858, it is described
as Atlantic City’s fifth largest hotel, capable of accommodating
150 persons. It was located on Pennsylvania Avenue, and was
in business as late as 1872, the latest mention of it (in a business
directory published by the railroads).

John Smick was originally a Philadelphian. Beginning in 1839, he
is listed in the Philadelphia city directories as a comb maker, and
from 1851 to 1857 as a confectioner. He is not listed from 1858 to
1862, when he presumably moved to Atlantic City, since he was
one of Atlantic City’s five Councilmen in 1859 and was therefore
a resident. His advertisements for Neptune House ran in the Phila-
delphia newspapers from 1858 on. In 1863 he is again listed in the
Philadelphia directories as a restaurant operator, and in 1864 he
also has a home listing there. He continued to run the restaurant
until 1877, after which time all record of him disappears.

he tokens were probably struck in Philadelphia by an unknown
sinker, and are linked stylistically and by punches to two Phila-
delphia hotel tokens, those of G. J. Ruelius (Penn. 750-Q) and
Steppacher (750-T).

John Engel, Elizabethport. Card: N. J. 220-A, 4 varieties. Engel
(1824-1894), a native Bavarian, came to Elizabeth about 1850
and became active in numerous business, civic and church affairs.
He is probably the common ancestor of many of the numerous Engel
families now residing in Elizabeth, as he was survived by eight
children. An extensive obit-
uary appeared in the Eliza-
beth Daily Journal of June
22, 1894, which is worth
quoting in detail:

"Forty-five years ago, Mr. Engel came to this city and made it
his home. During that time he built for himself a reputation for
business sagacity. He was the Tax Receiver of Elizabeth for

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eleven years and in the Sixties served two terms in the City
Council, representing the old First Ward, where his home was
located for many years” (that is, the First Street address given
on the token. The home is no longer standing). "He also was at
onetime employed in the Comptroller’s office. When the late Capt.
J. B. Lutz was in command of the old Washington Rifles, Mr.
Engel served as lieutenant.

"During the rebellion, Mr. Engel was engaged in the tailoring
business and furnished clothing for the Union soldiers. In later
years he manufactured uniforms for the national guard and the
police force of this city. He was one of the founders of the Eliza-
beth Building and Loan Association, and at the time of his death
was its vice-president. He was largely interested in real estate, as
an owner, and during his residence here had built more than
fifty houses.

"In politics the deceased was a life-long Democrat.

JOHN ENG-EL,

GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
FASHIONABLE HATS and CAPS, &c.,

No. 52 First Street, ELIZABETHPORT, N. J.

"Mr. Engel was, at the time of his death, a member of St.
Michael’s (Roman Catholic) Church, of which he was one of the
founders and builders.” (The church, the first German Catholic
Church in Union County, published a centennial brochure in 1952
in which Engel was prominently mentioned.) "He was also one of
the founders of both St. Mary’s and St. Patrick’s Churches, and
assisted materially in the erection of both.

"As a business man, Mr. Engel was known to be fair dealing,
honest and shrewd; as a citizen he was respected and honored. He
was one of the leading German- Americans of this city.”

There is little to add to this excellent account, except that Engel
remained at 52 First Street through 1868, then moved several
times to various locations within Elizabeth. Also that, according to
his 1876 advertisement, he sold overalls at 90tf a pair to "the
Mechanic, Merchant and Laborer.”

i3^|phe Engel token, lixe those of several other New Jersey mer-
13 chants, was struck by William H. Bridgens of New York City.

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TEREcJNE brothers,

DEALERS IN

HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING

GOODS,

71 & 73 NEWARK AVENUE,

Metropolitan BttH ding,

JERSEY CITY.

?erhune Brothers, Jersey City. Card: N. J. 350-A, 1 variety.

The two brothers, Andrew Z. and Nicholas P., both probably of
Dutch descent, operated their hardware store in downtown Jersey
City (the site of which is now occupied by a public housing project)
from 1860 to 1869. It was a fairly extensive store, occupying a
double address (71 & 73 Newark Avenue) and three floors. Nicho-
las became a partner in the store in 1859 with Evan Jones, who
had owned it previously.

Jones left the business
the following year, and
Nicholas took in his
brother.

Both brothers moved to Passaic in 1869, where Nicholas took
up a new business, joining Cornelius Van Riper in a drug store.
Andrew Terhune continued the Jersey City store with another Ter-
hune, Garret, presumably a brother, for two more years, after which
no further mention is found of Andrew. Nicholas continued to operate
the Passaic drug store until his death in January, 1892; his last
advertisement, appearing in the weekly Passaic City Record of Janu-
ary 23, 1892, listed Terhune’s Pharmacy as "The Oldest and Most
Reliable Pharmacy in Passaic.” Nicholas Terhune’s will was proved
February 2, 1892.

The token was struck by Bridgens.

J. C. Bailey, City Hotel, Jersey City. Card: N. Y. 630-E, 3 vari-
eties (listed in with New York cards because the other side
advertises Thos. Bennett, a New York City liquor merchant).

John Bailey was proprietor of the City Hotel, which used to be
on Jersey City’s waterfront at Hudson and Grand, from 1862 to
1865 and again from 1884 to 1888. He lived at the City Hotel for
many years while he managed other hotels and operated liquor

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stores, restaurants and saloons. During the 1870’s he was deputy
marshal and U.S. marshal for the district court in Jersey City. He
is last mentioned in the 1892 city directory; no information has been
found on Bailey outside of the directory listings.

The token was struck by Albert J. Henning of New York and is
signed.

J. L. Agens & Co., Newark. Card: N. J. 555-A, 16 varieties.
John L. Agens operated an oyster house and a fruit store briefly
in Newark before opening a "segar store” at No. 1 Commerce St.,
in the heart of the downtown district, in 1843. Within a few years
he expanded his business to include periodicals arid newspapers. In
1860 he was joined by Charles A. Wallen and the business was
known as Agens & Co. In 1865 Wallen took over the business, and
there is no further reference to Agens. This account of the business
comes from city directories and is in agreement with information in
Damia Francis’s article referred to earlier.

A 11 the Agens tokens except for H&G 4744 were struck by Brid-
^^gens. I have never seen an example of H&G 4744, but if it
exists, it would be the work of Emil Sigel of New York City. It is
unusual, but not unknown, for more than one die-sinker to have made
Civil War Tokens for a particular merchant.

Aharles Kolb, Newark. Card: N. J. 555-B, 6 varieties. Several
wCharles Kolbs appear in the Newark directories, complicating
research. One Charles Kolb did operate a restaurant at 102 Market

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Street from 1857 to 1861, and was proprietor of the Union Hotel at
that address from 1862 to 1864. In the 1874 to 1881 directories
there is also a hotel and restaurant listing for a Charles Kolb but
at a different address, 166-168 Market Street. At least the meager
directory listings confirm the token as being from Newark, since no
city appears on it.

Punchlinks to other signed tokens suggest that this piece was
struck by Emil Sigel.

J. Wightman, Newark. Card: N. J. 555-C, 46 varieties. John
Wightman and his brother, Daniel C., together operated a gro-
cery store at the address on the token, 188 Washington Street, from
1862 to 1868. Daniel started the store in 1859. The two brothers
plus a third, Joseph., also operated a sash, door and blind manu-
facturing business around the corner from their grocery on Academy
Street, under the style Wightman & Brothers from 1864 to 1873.
After that date no further references to John Wightman appear,
although the remaining brothers continued the manufacturing busi-
ness until 1900. The tokens were struck by Sigel.

©outts & Bro., Perth Amboy. Card: N. J. 690-A, 2 varieties.

Since no newspapers were published in Perth Amboy from Sep-
tember, 1861 to September, 1866, and the first city directory did not
appear until 1882, research on this merchant is difficult. The New

Jersey State Business Directory
for 1850 lists a John Coutts pro-
prietor of a dry goods, grocery
and variety store in this city. He
was probably the father of the
twobrothers, first names un-
known, who operated the store
in 1863 when the tokens were
issued. In the 1860 State Busi-
ness Directory there is an entry
for "John Coutt (sic) & Sons”
under "Country Stores” in Perth
Amboy. In the Perth Amboy
Journal in late 1860, an adver-

ANIMAL FERTILIZER.

840 PER TON. Si PER BARREL

Gardener's, 70 I’ek Cent — 2§ Crmts'J’b* ft.

70-100 of it Is Animal Matter, 30-100 I* Mineral
Substance. Valuable as manure, aud to deeompoaa
and absorb the animal substances Sow it or tb»
land like Guano — one bbl. to the acre— Rood for
all crops ; sowed with the planting, or on turmipa,
and otlicr roots, gras9, grain, Ac.

We also recommend the use of this fertiliser t*
those setting out strawberry beds, as the yield haa
been in every instance unprecedented, whta frealjr
used. For Sale by

sr'22 tf. JOHN M. COUTTS A SqX.

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tisement for fertilizer ran continuously "For Sale by John M. Coutts
& Son.” This John M. Coutts was one of six members of the local
City Council during 1860 and up to April, 1861, when he left the
Council and appears no more in local records. It is possible that the
elder Coutts enlisted in the military, but there is no record to sup-
port this theory. The only additional record on this enterprise is a
listing for "Coutts Bros.” under retail grocers in the State Business
Directory for 1878. Five individuals named Coutts appear in the
first Perth Amboy directory of 1882, but there is no reference to the
store. The token was struck by Bridgens.

8. W. Titus, Trenton. Card: N. J. 885-A, 4 varieties. Benjamin
Wesley Titus (1820-1881) was a member of a family of very early
colonists who came over from England in the 1630’s. One branch of
the family settled near Trenton and probably gave their name to the
suburb of Titusville. In the 1850’s and 1860’s Titus was in the dry

TITUS Ac SCUDDER,

Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

EOHEMGJ*' » DOMESTIC

BB.T

Carpetings, Oil Clotlis, Notions,

&c., &c., &c.

goods business with U. T. Scudder at 20 E. State Street; later he
became the owner and operator of the B. W. Titus Woolen Mills in
Trenton. He was active in the First Presbyterian Church in downtown
Trenton where he was a deacon and Sunday school teacher for many
years, and in whose history his family tree is recorded. He died sud-
denly of a heart attack one Sunday as he was teaching his Sunday
school class. He was survived by eight children, and his estate was
valued at over $41,000.

The Titus token was struck by the Scovill Manufacturing Co.,
Waterbury, Conn. a

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Auction Notes

by Robert R. Hailey

Philadelphia was the site of the first American zoo, which was
opened to the public in 1874, several years after the Civil War.
However, a CWT collector of the pre-zoo days could manage to
assemble his own private collection of furry, feathered, and finny
friends, since all the die-cutters didn’t stick to Indian Heads and
Not-One Cent.

Leading the zoo parade, of course, is our National bird, the Eagle.
He’s on over 40 CWT dies, so that’s not a problem. Also in the
flying department we can pick up a turkey and a rooster. They’re
a little harder to get, but not too hard to find.

The reptile house isn’t too populated, but we can stock it with
a nicely coiled, or is it tangled snake, a lizard and in the aquarium
we’ve got a lovely fish from the chilly Adirondack lakes.

Now, I suppose that domestic animals don’t really belong in a
zoo, but let’s not get too technical, and then we can add some
dogs, a horse, and a pony. A pony? Sure, there’s a pony on a CWT!

Say, this zoo’s picking up inhabitants now! And if we can include
horses, why not some other farm animals? OK, here’s a bull, and
here’s a pig, and lookit over there — a rabbit, a deer and an
industrious beaver. This is beginning to beat ol’ McDonald’s place.

Beautiful zoo, huh? What’s that — oh you want some reed zoo
animals. Well, will you settle for a lion and an elephant? And tell
ya what I’m gonna do for a clincher, I’ll throw in a dragon!

Now if you know where all these CWT critters are, then you’ve
done your homework well, but if you don’t — then get busy as the
bees. (They’re in the zoo, too!)

Now let’s leave our metallic zoo and visit the auction:

TOKEN PRICE SALE

116/153 46.50 Levine 4-20-71

This Patriotic token has two very rare dies, one a Washing-
ton, and the other Ben Franklin. I don’t ever recall ever
seeing this token before in any auction, and it may be some
time before another one shows up.

131A/349A 31.00 Levine 4-20-71

Another Patriotic with two rare dies, and one of these a
Lincoln. Many collectors of CWT never see either of these
dies.

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PRICE

SALE

TOKEN

147/227 60.00 Levine 4-20-71

Our old friend, the Pilgrim Token, again. There seem to be
quite a few of these coming upon the scene now, but the
price is fairly consistent. It does seem a bit high for an R6.

173/272 70.00 Levine 4-20-71

This token is R1 in copper and R9 in Silver. This one, was,
of course, in silver. It appears that there is a greater demand
now for these off-metal beauties, as the price has risen
about 40% in the last year or two.

250/437 15.00 Levine 4-20-71

We’ll continue to track this one, as it’s still a real fine
scarce two-die token, the North Star-Stocking. Up about
15% from the last time we looked.

Mass 115E 12.57 Levine 4-20-71

A scarce state and a beautiful die, the "Good For a Scent”.
This token is a "must for dog-lovers.

Mass 115B 4.50 Levine 4-20-71

This token has H-G die 631 and it is the only token with
this die. I’m sure that the purchaser of this gem considered
this a great bargain.

Mass 530A 30.30 Levine 4-20-71

There were four of these in the sale, two in copper, one in
brass, and one in lead. It would appear that the price was
a bit high for an R5, even a Washington, but it is an in-
teresting piece and adds to any collection. Each one sold
for about this price.

Minn 720A 31.00 Levine 4-20-71

This is the easiest Minnesota CWT to obtain, in spite of
it’s rarity of R8, because they are numbered jewelers checks.
It’s a good one to get for an all states collection. Generally,
they are all uncirculated.

Mo 9 10C 10.67 Levine 4-20-71

And this is the easiest Missouri CWT to obtain, but still
not a "piece of cake” to come by.

Ohio 5A 120.00 Levine 4-20-71

This price includes four pieces, in copper, brass, white-
metal, and silver all with H-G 95 die. Now, this is Fuld
die 116, mentioned in the first token in this listing as the
rare Washington. This set of four matched pieces makes
a fine addition to a collection.

Ohio 345C 65.00 Levine 4-20-71

This Goetz token from Gallipolis is found in nickel. This

particular piece was counterstamped "J.S.” The reverse
die is a scarce one, too.

Rhode Island 700F 6.00 Levine 4-20-71

The only CWT with H-G die 517. Not all dies are costly
to obtain. The vast majority of CWT dies can be found on
CWT costing only a dollar or two, and many of the scarcer
ones can be obtained for just a few dollars more.

I would like to say at this point that although most of the prices

that I show in these listings are fairly high, it is only because in

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general I have purposely picked out these tokens because of these
high prices. A thorough perusal of the prices realized list of any
CWT auction will show that the great majority of tokens sell for
very modest prices, from one dollar to two dollars. Naturally,
the rarer tokens bring more money, whether because they are
off-metal, rare towns, rare merchants, or rare dies. To a true col-
lector, this does not make the expensive tokens any more inter-
esting than the inexpensive ones. I once exhibited at a large show
with an exhibit consisting of all copper CWT, none of which was
rarer than R4.

The total cost of the forty or fifty tokens in the entire exhibit was
less than one hundred dollars, but it was awarded first place. The
rarity rating applied to these pieces reflects only the degree of dif-
ficulty in obtaining the token, not the measure of the token’s interest
or history. It is my sincere hope that this feeling will be passed to
our junior collectors.

TOKEN TEASER NUMBER 10

Marylou had just finished arranging her CWT into equal groups,
each group of tokens forming a square.

"Look, Bill” she said to her husband, who was examining a Pa-
triotic, "here’s all my tokens, arranged in seventeen equal squares.”

"Not all,” said Bill, "I’ve got one here.”

"That’s OK” said Marylou taking the token, "now I can make
one large square.”

How many tokens did Marylou have?

Congratulations and the free CWT go to Harvey Hebert for TT
Number 9. Several members answered correctly that Jack bought
347 tokens and Bill bought 331, so that Jack bought 16 more than
Bill, but my grandson pulled Harvey’s name out of the hat.

Send answer to TT Number 10 to Robert R. Hailey, Box 87,
Rockledge, Florida 32955. Every person with the correct answer
has a chance to win the free CWT.

TOKEN SMALL TALK

By Clifton Temple

DETROIT FREE PRESS 9/20/63

Cap’t. A.H. Bowen (Mich. 480B) has enlisted a company
of men for the tenth cavalry, having nearly the maximum
number — Hudson Gazette

DETROIT FREE PRESS 10/15/59

John Seeley, (Mich. 225 BQ) proprietor of a one-horse auction
establishment near the City Hall Market, was arrested for
passing counterfeit money.

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by Lloyd Brumley

From toddler to those in the golden age, the world today is well
aware that on July 20, 1969, a man named Neil Armstrong opened
a new frontier when he stepped from his space ship to the surface
of the moon. ''That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for
mankind.”

A short time later the news media gave full coverage to the
tremendous celebrations which marked Neil’s return to his birth-
place ar Wapakoneta, Ohio. This young man whose accomplishments
and courage had staggered and thrilled the imagination of man
was welcomed home in a manner worthy of a true hero. It would
seem that every one of the 7,000 citizens of Wapakoneta were on
hand to extend their love and gratitude. Neil Armstrong had truly
put this tiny western Ohio town on the mao.

Civil War token collectors know, however, that over a hundred
years earlier The Sanitary Fair and three Wapakoneta merchants
had also left their mark on history.

One such merchant was John H. Timmermeister, born near
Osanbrueck, Germany in 1831. John, a tinner by trade, left the
fatherland at the age of twenty for greater opportunity in the United
States. After spending four years in New V'ork City, he wondered
west.

John found his opportunity at Wapakoneta in July, 1855 and
was soon engaged as a salesman in a dry goods store. By 1859
he was able to open his own dry goods and grocery store.

He not only succeded as a merchant but in every other enterprise
to which he lent his time and talent. He was one of the organizers
of the Wapakoneta Wheel Company, a director of the First National
Bank and active in the establishment of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Mr. Timmermeister died in 1902, missing the birth in 1930 of
Wapakoneta’s most famous citizen.

Bibliography: History of Western Ohio and Auglaize County —
C. W. Williamson

Footnote: Collectors will observe that while Wapakoneta is spelled
with one ”p” today, the tokens all carry two " p’s ” in the name.
My research indicates that this was not a die sinking error, but
the spelling prevailing at that time. The spelling of this Shawnee
Indian name which evidently was the name of one of the great
chiefs appears to have been changed by common consent a number
of times down through the years.

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The General Store

WANTED for my collection, all New Jersey Civil War Tokens. Want
all types and metal varieties. Please use Hetrich and Guttag num-
bers. Give best price in first letter. All letters will be answered.
Bob Mitchell 2015 Delaney Ave. Orlando, Florida. 32806.

HELP Will those of you who wrote for trades or purchases of Civil
War Tokens please send me your addresses again? My list got lost
before I could get the letters written — sorry.

Also — I have 15 Civil War photos of officers & non-coms of the
16th Virginia Volunteers, and the 6th Infantry U.S.A. 14 are signed
& identified. These are available for trades also. George Green
Yankbe Peddler Antiques RD#2 Saratoga Springs N.Y. 12866.

WANTED: Civil War store cards in nickel, copper-nickel, white
metal also over cent dime, quarter, merchants of 95-C Ibert and
630-G Blain or any scarce New York in brass. Describe and price,
Kenneth Trobaugh, 621 New Avenue, Front Royal, Virginia 22630

GIVEAWAY! Why give away your Exonumia? Iam soliciting common
to rare items for my first mailbid sale. I need Civil War, Hard
Times, Merchant and Transportation Tokens, Elongateds, So-Called
Dollars, Mirror Cards, Medals, Political items etc. Write for details.
First 5 consignor’s get special rate. Already consigned Fuld 498-
499, Dow PAXXX-1 and N.Y. Ci-6, H&K 412 Eglit C.E. 106 and
much more. For information or copy of catalog write Lou Sutton
(C.W.T.S. ANA TAMS) 2417 Lafayette Blvd., Norfolk Virginia 23509

WANTED: Civil war tokens and Store Cards of druggists, drug stores,
medicines and doctors. Leonard White, 116 Montclair Ave., Boston,
Mass. 02131

WANTED PATRIOTICS: Will buy your extras that I need or will
trade my extras that you need. Send price list if you wish to sell.
Just send list if you wish to trade and I will send my list of extras
and tell you which of your extras I need. Richard E. Brown, RR # 3,
Fostoria, Ohio 44830

FOR SALE OR TRADE: 1. Several hundred XF Civil War Store Cards,
including number of high rarity Indianas 2. Common Patriotics,
most XF; Patriotics 1.00 to 1.25 a piece. Send wants. Ed Rosen,
4663 Ewing Road, Castro Valley, California 94546

HELP-STUDENT doing price study needs lists and prices realized
of all auctions of CWT’s held since 1965. Will pay postage both ways
and send copy of study to contributors when completed. Write first-
postage refunded. Alan Fried, 4549 Jubilio Dr. Tarzana, Calif. 91356.

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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 4

WINTER 1971

THE CIVIL VAR MEN SOCIETY

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SOCIETY to help stimulate and maintain interest in the field
of Civil War token collecting. It is strictly a non-profit organ-
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Illinois 60459

VICE PRESIDENT: Robert Hailey, Box 87, Rockledge, Fla.

32955

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Virginia 22304

TREASURER: Benj. Fauver, P.O. Box 521, Menlo Park

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by ROSWELL
BURROWS

The store card carrying the advertisement of one E. C.
Morse of Mussey was originally assigned to the state of
Ohio by Hetrich and Guttag and is now listed in the Fuld
catalog as Ohio 595-A.

The uncertainty of some of the H&G attributions has led
to further research on the part of a few collectors, in this
instance Robert R. Hailey. To those who may not be ac-
quainted with Bob Hailey, he is one of the leading lights
in TAMS, a dedicated and knowledgeable collector, and a
fine gentleman.

Bob, working on a lead from the New York Public Library,
enlisted the help of the St. Clair County Library in Port
Huron, Michigan, who in turn referred the inquiry to its
branch library in Capac, Mussey Township. From a 1912
copy of the Capac Journal, it was learned that a Mr. E.
Cory Morse had operated a general store one and one-
quarter miles North of Capac from 1863 to 1865. The article
in the paper was prompted by a local farmer who had
found one of the tokens in his field.

The evidence seems conclusive, and we owe a debt of
gratitude to Bob, and those like him, who share their re-
search and knowledge with us all.

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Patriotic Patter

by Jack R . Detwiler

(All rights reserved by the author)

In the early forties Max Schwartz wrote an article in The
Numismatist advocating that token collectors form their own specialty
groups. Max followed his own advice when he helped organize the
American Vecturist Association in 1948. Since then many specialty
groups in the token and medal field have been organized, but none
is thriving as well as our own Civil War Token Society. The most
important advantage of a specialty group is the exchange of infor-
mation through its publication. This certainly is true of our CWTS
Journal. As we read and enjoy another issue let’s pay tribute to
Max Schwartz whose vision made all this possible and to Doug
Watson and John Canfield whose hard work provides us with the
CWTS Journal each quarter.

In this issue I am summarizing the new varieties of the past
year, presenting a die-a-gram of the curved "Army and Navy” dies,
and discussing die 1 99 and a revised listing of an Indian Head
variety.

Summary of New Varieties. It’s time for the annual roundup of
new varieties. Two brands — major and minor varieties — are being
used for the first time. The following varieties were reported in the
last four issues of the Journal.

MAJOR VARIETIES

1) 37 255 BR R8

REFERENCE PHOTO

V5N3p7 Yes

OBV - Fuld 49A

2) 49A 343 C R7 by Benj. Fauver

REV - Fuld 343
V5N2p5 Above

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MAJOR VARIETIES REFERENCE PHOTO

3) 49A 343 C R9 (Flip-over dbl. strike) V5N2p6 Yes

4) 51 342A C R9 (Flip-over dbl. strike) V5N2p7 Yes

5) 52 342 S R9 (Over U.S. dime)

May be RIO. V5N3pp7-8 Yes

6) 92 199 C-N R9 V5N3p8 Yes

7) 207 327 C R9* V5Nlpl8 Yes

8) 209 414 C R9 (Spoot over NY 10-F) V4N4p8 Yes

9) 220 322 BR R7* V5Nlpl9 No

10) 225 327 BR R7* V5Nlpl9 Yes

11) 226A 322A C RIO V5Nlpl7 Yes

12) 286 382 C R7 (Over NY 630- AE) V4N4p7 Yes

MINOR VARIETIES REFERENCE PHOTO

1) 41 337 C R8 (Lg Flan, 20mm) V5N3pp8-9 Yes

2) 42 336 C R9 (Lg Flan, 20mm) V4N4p6 Yes

3) 42 336 BR R9 (Lg Flan, 20mm) V5Nlp8 Yes

4) 47 332 C R9 (Lg Flan, 20mm) V5Nlp7 Yes

5) 209 414 C R8* (Sm Flan, 18.5mm) V5Nlpl8 No

6) 180 341 WM R8 (Lg Flan, 22mm) V5N3p9 Yes

7) 180 343 WM R9 (Lg Flan, 22mm) V5N3p9 Yes

8) 252 432 WM R8 (Lg Flan, 22mm) V5N3p9 Yes

*New rarities assigned by the author during preparation of Summary.

Three new dies (49A, 226A, and 322A) and 20 new varieties
(12 major, 8 minor) are the results of one year’s effort. The last
summary of six new dies and 21 new varieties (See V4N4p3) came
from 13, not four, issues of the Journal. Let’s all keep corralling
the strays so our next roundup will be even bigger.

Die-a-gram. The curved "Army and Navy” dies are distinguished
one from another in Die-a-gram No. P-54. Only die 328 appears as
an obverse on "328 Incuse 328 C R9.” Otherwise, the group pro-
vides reverses primarily for "The Federal Union, It Must and Shall
Be Preserved” series (See Die-a-gram No. P-5 in V4N3) and selected
"U.S. Flag” dies — 206, 207, 208 and 210.

Die 311 deserves special treatment for many reasons. It could
be grouped with the straight "Army & Navy” dies because of its
general fromat and the between Army and Navy. It could also
be placed with the curved "Army and Navy” series because of its
curved letters. Hetrich and Guttag and the Fulds elected to cate-
gorize it with the straight dies; I arbitrarily listed it with the curved
dies. I was influenced by the small number of curved dies as com-
pared to the large number of straight dies.

Die 311 stands out in the 320-328 series like a VW on a Detroit
assembly line. There aren’t any star and rays at the top of the
wreath. The right side of the wreath is composed of grape vines
rather than oak leaves. The sword handles turn up rather than

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DIE-A-GRAM NO. P-54

TRADEMARK

FULD PATRIOTIC

NO. OF BERRIES/ NO. OF ACORNS

6/0

8/8

8/0

ONLY DIE WITH &

Fuld 311
H&G 230

Fuld 323
H&G 242

R-l

R-l

SHAPE OF
BERRIES

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Fuld 320
H&G 239
R-l

Fuld 321
H&G 240
R-4

NUMBERS 311, 320-328

CURVED ARMY AND NAVY

NO. OF BERRIES/ NO. OF ACORNS

LOCATION OF BOTTOM
OF ANCHOR

Fuld 324
H&G-None

Fuld 328
H&G 245

R-l

R-2

AT INTERSECTION

BETWEEN SWORDS

OF SWORDS

& BRANCHES

-^■See next page

TOUCH M

DON’T TOUCH M

}{

RAYS FROM STAR

Fuld 326
H&G-None
R-l

Fuld 325
H&G 243
R-l

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CURVED ARMY AND NAVY

DIE-A-GRAM NO. P-54

TRADEMARK

(Continued from previous page)

Fuld 322A
NEW
R-10

down. A ribbon replaces the anchor at the bottom of the wreath.
Dies 168 (Cannon) and 257 (The Admiral) are the only obverses
paired with the 311 reverse.

An incused 261 obverse (one cent) is paired with a 322 reverse
to produce a unique variety which is in the American Numismatic
Society collection in New York City. Isn’t there an ANS member
who could obtain photographs of the RIO piece for publication in our
CWTS Journal? This piece will never by owned by a private collector,
but wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all enjoy its uniqueness
through published photographs!

Die 322 A is a new find reported by Fred Reed in V5N1 and has
only one variety.

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Die 199 Revisited. In V5N3 I discussed the possibility that 92
199 C-N R9 was struck over a C-N cent since an "A” appears

above and to the left of the "A” in MEDAL.
This extra "A” could be from "STATES” or
"AMERICA” of the U.S. cent understrike.
Since then I have examined several other
varieties with the 199 reverse; the extra "A”
appeared on all of them. The photo at the
left is the reverse of Walter Ott’s 68 199 WM
R9 (20.75mm x 1.5mm) and shows the extra
"A”. Therefore, Walter’s 92 199 C-N R9 is
Fuld 1 99 definitely a plain C-N variety and is not

struck over a C-N cent. The extra "A” is the result of a double die
shift of the "A” of MEDAL.

Change in Listing. Dale Cade and Melvin Fuld collaborated on
correcting an error on page 16 of the 3rd edition of "Patriotic Civil
War Tokens.”

OLD LISTINGS REVISED LISTINGS

68A 369 C R3 68A 371 C R3

68 A 369 C-N R8 68 A 371 C-N R8

Acknowledgments. The photographs were supplied by Doug Watson
and Krause Publications.

NOTES ON BLACKLEAD AND BABBITT METAL
by David Gladfelter

Jr? TRY ^

ALLEN’S™

BLACKLEAD

KCOK POUND -J

PABBITTJ
p* METAL*
Nk. 18 62

Owners of Ohio storecards 165-BZ,

175-S and 290-A bearing the reverse
inscription TRY / ALLEN’S / BLACK-
LEAD / COMPOUND / BABBITT /

METAL may be wondering what these
materials are. We asked Edgar Heyl,
author of a recent article on token
alloys, to comment. He said:

"Blacklead is not a metal. It is graph-
ite, sometimes referred to as plumbago.

It was used as a dry lubricant on
machinery parts, such as bearings.

This would tie in with Babitt metal which was used for bearings. It
was an alloy of 89% tin, 9% antimony and 2% copper. It had the
advantage of being a hard metal alloy and at the same time having
a low coefficient of friction, so with graphite or oil as the lubricant,
it made excellent bearings. Lead was never used in its composition.
This formulation is actually a form of pewter and I am sure you
have seen medals made of this material. However, I was unable to
cite any American uses of Babbitt metal for tokens or medals.”

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WASHINGTON MEETING - A CAPITAL SUCCESS

A concern regarding progress toward publication of the new guide
book on Civil War Tokens was foremost in the minds of all members
present at the meeting held on Friday afternoon, August 13, at
Washington D. C. Our third annual convention met in one of the
several rooms provided for various groups at the A. N. A. convention.

As we had been told to expect President Chris Mackel on Thursday
evening we spent a pleasant half hour greeting old friends and
getting personally acquainted with others we had known through
correspondence only. It is always a great pleasure to shake the hand
of a token friend and fit that person with the image formed through
correspondence.

After a short wait we decided that Chris was unable to attend.
(Later we learned that he had been hit with a sudden attack of
flu). The meeting was started with Joe Levine opening the affair
and his wife Gail, Melvin and George Fuld, and Ken Trobaugh
taking their turn at the microphone.

The first business concerned the election of officers. At our meeting
in St. Louis in 1970, all officers were elected to serve a two year
term and it was necessary only to fill vacancies to occur on retire-
ment of four board members at the end of 1971. The four board
members re-elected for two years are, Dr. Herman Aqua, Ken
Trobaugh, Joe Levine and Doug Watson.

Next, we were concerned with the problem of publishing our
Journal. Doug Watson had previously notified Officers and Board
Members of his desire to give up his job as publisher due to the
press of business. After some discussions, Jim Hall agreed to act as
publisher with the help of Melvin and George Fuld, Joe Levine, Ken
Trobaugh and other members residing in the Washington area. We
must commend these members for the generous offer of their time,
however, sifter some persuasive effort by Chris Mackel, Doug has
consented to continue his service and will produce our Journal as
usual.

Finally the discussion regarding the forth coming new Civil War
token book was started. Those of us who have taken some part in
reading and changing the rough proof sheets, representing only one
small geographic area, can appreciate to some extent the tremen-
dous amount of detail involved in perfecting the large amount of
copy necessary to describe each one of approximatly ten thousand
tokens. George Fuld, who has been very much involved in the project
over a period of several years assured the members that all copy
is now complete and ready to go to press.

The second and more time consuming phase in the makeup of the
book is the great amount of photography to be done. Some twenty
five hundred pictures were needed and each one entailed great care
necessary to hi-light identifying characteristics essential to the

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identity of particular dies. Add to this task the time needed to
place each photograph in proper coordination with the presented
token. Putting all of the material together is certainly a big job and
the fact that it can be done only by persons familiar with Civil War
tokens and dies, limits the labor market to a very few people. Let
us not be too impatient. The job is being done and in the opinion of
George Fuld will be ready to go to the printer at some date before
1972.

In answer to "how much will it cost”, We know of no cost study
that has been made at this time. Estimates have been made at a
figure from fifteen to thirty dollars. Whatever the price, it will be a
must for all Civil War token collectors and certainly by far the best
guide book yet published on our favorite hobby.

We might add that it was a great pleasure to be present at our
1971 meeting. There was a sheet passed around for signatures of all
members present but the list disappeared. We would guess the
attendance to be from thirty to forty enthusiasts.

BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY’S LIBRARY

B -1 Medallic Portraits of Washington — Baker
B-3 Undescribed Civil War Cards and Tokens — Barnett
B-12 The Mussey (Ohio?) Token — Burrows
C-15 Sutler Tokens Rarities and Valuations — Curto
D-4 The Albion Commercial College Token — Deckebach
E-8 The Preservation of Coins — Epps
F -10 Guild to Civil War Store Cards — Fuld
F-l 1 The Wealth of the South Mulings — Fuld
F-12 The Tokens of the Boutwells of Troy, New York — Fuld
F-13 The Store Cards of Robinson and Ballou of Troy, New York —
Fuld

F-14 The Tokens of the Great Central Fair of Philadelphia — Fuld
H-5 Civil War Tokens and Tradesmen’s Cards — H & G, Tams
reprint

H-12 Michigan Civil War Store Card, 360-B — Hubbard
L-5 Wm. F. Lutz; Civil War Engraver of Cincinnati, Ohio —
Lindesmith

L -6 The Business Card Civil War Die — Lindesmith
L-7 Rhode Island Tokens — Lindesmith
M-10 The Stoner & Shroyer Tokens — Moore

N-5 Northwest Token & Medal Society Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 1,
March 1969

N-8 New Hampshire Civil War Token — Nudd
P -5 "Metallic Currency” by Gault (Encased Postage Stamps) —
Peri

S -2 Error Predates Clarksburg Token Rarity by Whole Decade —
Schramm

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S -4 That Virginia Civil War Token — Schenkman
T-l TAMS Journal, January 1964 — August 1969
T -2 American Token Reprints — American Numismatic Association
W-l Guide to Wisconsin Civil War Tokens — Watson

— 20 minute slide presentation with accompanying notes —
C.W.T.S.

— Numerous auction lists are available, send self addressed,
stamped envelope for listing.

Books may be borrowed from the Society’s library by writing the
librarian: Ken Trobaugh, 621 New Ave., Front Royal, Va. 22630

TREASURERS REPORT 9/30/71

Beginning Balance

$1014.92

Sources of Funds

Dues received

$372.00

Sales of Back Issues CWTS Journal

31.00

Postage refund, J. Detwiler

1.30

Aqua verification fund

1.73

Contributions

Advertising in CWTS Journal

1.00

M. Goldstein

$1.00

J. Detwiler

2.90

N. Shultz

11.00

C. Mack el

3.00

17.90

J. Detwiler, CWTS Auction

45.27

Interest earned Society savings

12.00

Total sources of funds

$482.20

Uses of Funds

Iola Graphics, type and negatives

$121.20

Krause Publications, postage and paper

57.64

Verification fund expenses

.92

Gail Levine, postage

24.74

Total uses of funds

$204.50

Ending Balance 9/30/71

$1292.62

Benj Fauver, treasurer

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MAIL AUCTION
Indiana Civil War Store Cards

Lot # Disc.

Cond.

1. 5A Cu. Nickel

V.F.

Rev. Side Weak Strike In Center

2. 10A

line.

3. 20A

Fine

4. 20 B

V.Fme

5. 100A

Unc.

6. 120A

Unc.

7. 120B

Unc.

8. 130A

Unc.

Clipped Planchet

9. 140A

X.F.

10. 150A

V.F.

11. 155A

12. 155A

V.F.

Holed Defective Rim

13. 160A

V.G.

14. 160B

X.F.

15. 175A

Unc.

16. 175B

Good

17. 175C

X.F.

18. 175D

V.G.

19. 175E

X.F.

20. 175F

Unc.

21. 185A

X.F.

22. 190A

Unc.

23. 190B

V.F.

24. 190C

X.F.

25. 190D

V.F.

26. 190D

X.F.

27. 230A

Fine

28. 230B

X.F.

Clipped Planchet

29. 260A

X.F.

30. 260 C

Good

31. 260D

X.F.

32. 285A

X.F.

Partial Weak Strike

33. 290A

Fine

34. 290B

V.G.

35. 290C

V.F.

36. 290D

Unc.

37. 290 E

Fine

38. 290 F

X.F.

Deadline December 20, 1971

Lot # Disc.

Cond.

39. 290 E

V.F.

40. 295A

X.F.

41. 305A

X.F

42. 350B

X.F.

43. 350C Brass

V.F.

Rim Nick

44. 350D

V.F.

Small Clipped Planchet

45. 350D

V.F.

46. 350 E

Fine

47. 350F

X.F.

48. 350G

V.F.

49. 355A

Unc.

50. 360 A

Unc.

51. 370A Holed

Unc.

52. 395A

Good

53. 430B

Fine

Clipped Planchet

54. 430B

V.F.

55. 430C

Good

56. 430D Holed

Fine

57. 430D

Good

58. 430 E

Fine

59. 430F Scratches

V.Good

60. 430G

V.Good

61. 530A

V.Fine

62. 530B

V.Good

63. 530B

V.Good

64. 530C

V.Fine

65. 530 C

Fine

66. 530 E

X.F.

67. 530G

X.F.

Some Rusting On

Boot

68. 570A

X.F.

69. 570C

X.F.

70. 570F

X.F.

71. 570G

Good

72. 570H

X.F.

73. 580 A

X.F.

74. 580 B

Fine

75. 600A

Unc.

76. 600B

X.F.

77. 630A

V.G.

Lot # Disc.

Cond.

78. 630A

Fine

79. 630A

X.F.

80. 630 A

V.F.

81. 630A

V.F.

82. 630B

V.F.

83. 630C

Fine

84. 640 A

V.Fine

85. 690A

Unc.

86. 740A

V.G.

87. 740B

X.F.

88. 740B

Unc.

89. 740B

X.F.

Clipped Planchet

90. 740 C

V.G.

91. 760A

V.F.

92. 760B

V.F.

93. 770A

Unc.

94. 770B

Unc.

95. 770C

V.F.

96. 770D

X.F.

97. 780A

Unc.

98. 780B

A.Unc

99. 780C

Unc.

Weak Strike In Center

100. 800A

X.F.

101. 800B

V.F.

102. 800C

Unc.

103. 810A

Unc.

104. 860 A

Brass X.F.

105. 860 C

X.F.

106. 860 B

V.F.

107. 860 D

Fine

108. 860 F

X.F.

109. 860G

Fine

110. 860G

Fine

111. 860H

X.F.

112. 870A

Rusted Die Unc.

113. 880

Unc.

114. 915A

V.G.

115. 915A

V.G.

116. 940A

X.F.

117. 950A

Unc.

118. 950 C

Unc.

119. 995A

X.F.

2117 Winchester Drive

JOSEPH E. SEITER

Indianapolis, Indiana 46227

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New Wealth of the South Metal Variety

By Edwin G. Hibarger

Another unlisted "Wealth of the South” variety in white metal can
be added to the "Confederate Medalit” series of B. F. True of
Cincinnati. If it were listed in Fuld’s "Patriotic Civil War Tokens”
catalog, it would be "511/517 WM R9.” In DeWitt’s "A Century of
Campaign Buttons” book, it would be listed under "Nineteenth
Election - 1860, John C. Breckinridge (the Southern Democratic
Candidate) as JCB 1860-8B in white metal. It is not listed in either
of these books or Hetrich and Guttag’s book of "Civil War Tokens
and Trademan’s Store Cards.” However, the Fulds listed a "511/
514, WM R8” in their "Patriotic Civil War Token” catalog and in

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their article printed in "The Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine” in
September 1958 (This article was reprinted in the Winter 1970
CWTS Journal)

The following table which was prepared by Jack Detwiler will
help the reader to distinguish between the reverse dies, 514-518.

Fuld Patriotic

Period

Period

Location of H( NORTH)

Number

after Date

i after Legend

in relation to Stars

514

No

No

Opposite 3rd star from right.

515

Yes

Yes

Opposite 3rd star from right.

516

Yes

Yes

Between 4th & 5th stars.

517

Yes

No

Between 3rd & 4th stars.

518

No

Yes

Between 4th & 5th stars.

Do CWTS

members

have any other white metal or new varieties

of the "Wealth of the South” series to report? Please send your
information to the editor, John Canfield.

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A.

Born in 1829, Abraham Alschuler grew to become one of
the more prominent businessmen of his era. In 1852, he
i established a clothing and mens furnishing house which wasi
f the pioneer establishment of its kind in Ottawa and the surn
rounding area. Until about 1895 Abraham operated the
clothing business by himself. In later years when sons Joseph
and Nathan reached maturity they became partners in the
business.

Joseph, who was born in 1874, and Nathan, who was born
in 1876, carried on the business until after World War I
1 when the business was sold. Abraham passed away in 1923*
at the age of 94. His wife, Eva, followed him in death in
1927 at the age of 78. They, along with their sons Nathan!

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and Joseph, are buried in Bethel Cemetery in Ottawa.

His store cards were issued to help alleviate the coin
shortage in and around Ottawa during the Civil War. The
tokens list the firm of A. & H. Alschuler on them, but I
can find no mention of any other Alschuler at that time
period. As I went through 4 different editions of LaSalle
County histories as well as the history of Ottawa and also
the cemetery records of Ottawa, I think it only logical to

E.ssume that the H. on the tokens is an error. Fuld lists
he Alschuler pieces as Rarity Three with two types issued
and both being struck in copper. The Alschuler card was
the only Ottawa token issued and one of the four issued in
LaSalle County.

**"" ■ i . - . j - - - n — i i i — ‘ *ii — - - i < * • > ~ ^

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NATHAN BROMBERG, C.W.T.S. BOOSTER

It is always a pleasure to hear about individual effort by one
of our members toward promotion of good will for our Society.
Nathan Bromberg of Whittier, California used his Civil War token
display at the Numismatic Association of Southern California meeting
to further our cause. Alongside the display case that housed his
exhibit he placed a pile of membership applications.

In a letter to President Chris Mackel, Nathan says, "I did not
win any award other than a participation plaque but did not really
expect to win. My main object was to get new people interested
in Civil War tokens plus the experience of making a display. The
information portion of my display was weak — such as the name of
the die sinker, diameter, mintage and etc. This cost a lot of points.

(NOTE: California, according to reports from several very ex-
perienced exhibitors, uses the standard A.N.A. system for judging
exhibits and its judges are especially demanding regarding detailed
information on material exhibited. While the point average in all
catagories would remain the same as in other states, California
judges stress the importance of information and points carried in
that area are harder to get.)”

We certainly commend Nathan Bromberg for his efforts and for
including our Civil War Token Society in his exhibit. We hope he
prospered by his experience and we assure him that under any
circumstances he is a winner with u:_>.

SOCIETY MEMBER SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS

Mrs. Shawnee Gordon would like the help of Society members in
answering the following questions:

1) Why isn’t the So-Called Dollar (Hibler & Kappen) No. 874
considered to be a patriotic token? Even tho’ struck in silver and
approximately the size of a silver dollar it was minted in 1861.
Hibler and Kappen list it as being extremely rare — 5 to 10 pieces
known — and gave it a 1964 price tag of $150.00

2) Has anyone else seen Curto’s No. 679 (Military) or Pennsyl-
vania 750-R with a blank fteverse? I’ve been unable to find either
piece listed in uniface.

3) I have two pieces, one of Washington and another of an early
American. The Washington piece has the Liberty Bell and the date,
1776, on the reverse ... A horse and rider appears on the reverse
of the other token (?).

If any member can be of assistance, write Shawnee at: 718 Upland,
Las Vegas, Nevada 89107.

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If a friend came to you and told you that he is interested in
starting to collect Civil War Store Cards and he wanted your advice
on how to begin, and the best goal to try to achieve, how would
you answer his question? When one looks at the whole picture
things become very complicated.

Once started, the collector will find many factors, types and
varieties to lead him off his planned path. If he is a businessman
he can get interested in issues by grocers, butchers, clothiers,
druggists, and etc. If he is professional he will find doctors, dentists
and lawyers. Collecting of tokens associated with any of these
fields offers an interesting challenge.

A survey of the plans of several of my collector friends brings
out the fact that each is primarily interested in collecting tokens
issued in an area with which he is personally involved. In all prob-
ability the new collector will enjoy trying for tokens issued in his
own town or county and find pleasure in obtaining all varieties
and off metals from his area. If the number of issues is small he
may be able to complete his set — not easily, perhaps, but with
optimism, perseverance and patience.

Along with a search for local cards I would also advise my friend
to try for a set that I call the twin city plan. Tokens were issued in
a number of towns that had a twin by the same name but in another
state — for example:

Albany

N. Y. - Ind.

Lancaster

Ohio - Penn.

Belmont

N. Y. - Ohio

Lansing

Mich. - la.

Brooklyn

N. Y. - Ind.

Marshall

Mich. - Wis.

Cadiz

Middleton

Centerville

New Lisbon

Ohio - Wis.

Columbus

Ohio - Wis.

Peru

Ind. - 111.

Corunna

Mich. - Ind.

Pontiac

Mich. - 111.

Defiance

Richmond

Ohio - Ind.

Edgerton

Rochester

Fremont

Ohio - Ind.

Springfield

Hagerstown

Ind. - Md.

Troy

N. Y. - Ohio

Hartford City

Ind. - W. Va.

Wheeling

Ind. - W. Va.

J ackson

Waterloo

N. Y. - Wis. - la.

While one can hardly consider the acquisition of two tokens with
similar names but different states an enormous accomplishment,
it is a first step. Really, it all boils down to desire, a few store
cards and a little imagination.

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One Merchant

by David D. Gladfelter

Two Sinkers

R. S. Torrey of Bangor, Maine, has earned a place in numismatic
history as the inventor of the Maine State Bee Hive. His name lives
on because he decided a century ago to have some store cards
made for himself. No one else in Maine thought of doing that during
the Civil War period. Torrey issued the only Civil War storecard in
Maine.

If he was unique in this respect, he was also very unusual in
another. He ordered a batch of tokens from the Childs die sinking
firm in Chicago during 1863, although this firm was doing very
little business east of Indiana. Then, the following year, he ordered
a second batch of tokens, this time from the Scovill Manufacturing
Co., closer by in Waterbury, Conn. No one knows why he reordered
from a different firm — distance could have been the reason. But as
a result, his token exists in two major varieties, the Childs variety,
dated 1863, and the Scovill variety, dated 1864. Because these
varieties (H & G 3255 and 3257, respectively) originate from two
different sources of manufacture, they are as important to token
collectors as branch mint varieties are to collectors of U. S. coinage,
and for the same reasons.

Instances of tokens being struck for a single merchant by two
different die sinkers are unusual in the Civil War storecard series,
but new examples are being discovered from time to time as col-
lectors become more familiar with the characteristics of the die
sinkers’ work. Thus far, I have discovered 16 such pairs of tokens —
the Torrey cards of Maine, seven pairs of merchant cards of
Wisconsin, three of Indiana, two of Michigan, and one each of Illinois,
New Jersey and New York.

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Fuld No.

Merchant

H&GVar.

Die Sinker

Remarks

Maine 100-A R.S.Torrey 3255 Childs

3257 Scovill

Childs variety ordered first, and is
scarcer.

Wis. 300-D E. Connell 9979-80 Childs

& Co. 9981 Lanphear

Both dated 1863, Lanphear var.
scarcer

10010-11

Both dated 1863, Childs variety rarer.

Wis. 360-A Mons. Anderson 10009 Lanphear

10010-11 Childs

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FuW No.

Merchant

H&G Var.

Die Sinker

Remarts

-7

Wis. 510-AK C. T. Stamm 10265 Childs

4 Son 10266-7 Mossin 4 Marr

Both dated 1863, Childs variety rarer.

•Vis. 9154 Ph. Carpeles
4 Co.

10435

10436

Lanphear Both dated 1863, Lanphear variety

Mossin & Marr rarer.

•Vis 920 F Fischer 4 Rohr 10461 Mossin 4 Marr Both dated 1863, Lanphear var

104634 Lanphear scarcer.

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Fuld No.

Merchant

H&G Var.

Die Sinker

Remarks

96

Wis. 960-A Gallt & Cole 10494,96 Childs Childs varieties (dated 1861) ordered

10495 Lanphear first; Lanphear dated 1863, and is

rarer.

Wis. 960-E A. Wahlstedt 10505

10506

Lanphear Childs var. dated 1861, ordered first.

Childs Lanphear dated 1863, rarer.

•86

Mich. 525-C Wm. Jackson 4375-86 Lanphear Those having dates have 1863. Lan-

4387-89 Childs phear vars. common, Childs scarce.

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Fuld No.

Merchant

H&G Var.

Die Sinker

Remarks

-5

Mich. 700-C E. S. Parker 4534-5 Childs

453741 Stanton

Childs vars. dated 1863, ordered first.
Stanton dated 1864, scarcer.

-7

III. 200-A I. L. Ellwood 2332-3 Bridgens Childs vars. dated 1860-63; Bridgens

2335-7 Childs 1863. Both are scarce.

Ind. 260-A Wm. Brooks

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2521,2524, I. P *
2623 B

2522,2523 Childs

For this and two following cards,
Indiana Primitive varietiesarescarcer.

Fuld No.

Merchant

H&G Var.

Die Sinker

Remarks

Ind. 630-A H. D. Higgins

3002-10 I.P.*

3012-15 Childs

Ind. 630-B B. Holcomb 3018 I.P.*

3018-A, 3019,

3019-A Childs

N.J.555-A J. L.Agens
& Co.

4744 Sigel

The rest Bridgens

Those with dates have 1863. Sigel
var. rare.

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Fuld No.

Merchant

H&G Var.

Die Sinker

Remarks

N.Y.77-A Langdon’s
*1. P. Indiana Primitives

4942-3 Childs

4944 Lanphear

Childs vars. dated 18634, Lanphear
1864; both scarce.

In addition, I have discovered one merchant, Pittock of Pittsburgh
(Penn. 765-P and Q) whose storecards were struck by three different
die sinker firms. H&G variety 9466 was struck by Scovill; varieties
9449-54 and 9473-79 by Stanton; and the remainder (9456-65,
9469-71) by one of the Cincinnati sinkers, probably Lanphear, as
Don Taxay noted in his attribution of one of these pieces in the
catalog of the November 1969 Harmer, Rooke sale (lot 2055).

It is likely that many other such pairs of storecards exist and will
be identified as collectors report similar discoveries of major die
sinker varieties. The serious collector willing to do a little digging
may soon locate enough material and information for building a
small but distinctive specialty collection of one merchant — two
sinker tokens.

9466

9449- 54
9473-79

9456 -65
9469 - 71

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MAIL AUCTION

Description

Closing Date: Dec. 20, 1971

Lot No.

Patriotics

1. 5/288 R-3 AU Brass

2. 16/300 R-3 F

3. 18/353 R-3 VG

4. 20/303 R-3 F

5. 34/276 R-8 F, bent

6. 62/367 R-3 VG

7. 62A/367 R-5 F

8. 66/370 R-8 VF Brass

9. 103/375 R-4 VF

10. 105/355 R-3 EF

11. 108/201 R-3 F

12. 111/340 R-3 VF

13. 120/434 R-7 BU GEMC-N

14. 120/256 R-6 BU Brass

15. 126/295 R-5 VF Lincoln

16. 127/248 R-4 F, rough surf.

17. 169/213 R-2 VF

18. 258/446 R-9 VG 26mm planchet

19. 259/445 R-3 EF
Storecards

ILLINOIS

20. 95-B 2147 R-6 VF

21. 150-G 2167 R-5 F

22. 150-K 2181 R-2 VF

23. 150-N 2206 R-4 VF

24. 150-W 2235 R-2 VF

25. 150AA 2247 R-4 VF

26. 150-AX 2309 R-3 F

INDIANA

27. 290-B 2638 R-4 F

28. 430-H 2723 R-8 F, rough surf.

29. 500-P 2886 R-5 VG, rev. scratches

30. 630-B 3018 R-4 F, clip

MASSACHUSETTS

31. 530-AUnl. R-5 VF

32. 530-A Uni. R-5 F, rough surf.

MICHIGAN

33. 5-F 3319 R-4 VF

34. 225 R 3581 R-6 BU C-N

35. 225-AG 3684 R-8 VF

36. 225-CE 4064 R-9 F, rev. scratches, ZINC

37. 225-CI 4086 R-3 VF
38- 480 -B 4352 R-7 F, bent

NEW YORK

39. 10 A 4906 R-2 EF

40. 10-F 4932 R-3 VF

41. 10-G 4934 R-3 EF

42. 105 E 5046 R-3 VG

43. 630-B 5185 R-l VF

44. 630 D 5203 R-2 Unc.

45. 630 H 5218 R-l EF

46. 630 AB 5483 R-2 VF

47. 630 AJ 5604 R-3 EF

48. 630 AP 5654 BU W-M

49. 630 BB 5843 BU GEM Nickel

50. 905-C 6361 R-3 VF

51. 940-A 6364 R-3 VF

Lot No. Description

OHIO

52. 74-A 6507 R-3 VF

53. 100-B 6524 R-4 VF, sm. rev. scratches

54. 165-Z Uni. BU C-N

55. 165-AE 6908 R-5 G

56. 165-BW 7193 R-3 VF

57. 165-BY Uni. R-7 Brass

58. 165-CF 7232 R-3 VF

59. 165-CF 7235 R-3 F

60. 165-CW 7327 R-4 EF

61. 160-C 8184 R-3 VF

62. 170-A 8188 R-5 VG

63. 175-C 8196 R-2 EF

64. 175-N 8250 R-5 VG

65. 190-B 8353 R-3 VF

66. 200-18336 R-4 VF

67. 420 A 8513 R-6 VF

68. 535-A 8581 R-2 F

69. 535-D 8602 R-3 F, scratches rev.

70. 830-E 8835 R-5 F, sm. rim nick

71. 860-C 8907 R-3 AU, sm. stain, Brass

72. 995-B 9063 R-2 VF, edge nicks rev.

PENNSYLVANIA

73. 13-B 9206 R-5 F

74. 13-D 9224 R-3 VF

75. 464-A 9250 R-4 VF

76. 464-A 9250 R-4 F

77. 750-D 9316 R-3 VF

78. 750-E 9325 R-2 VF

79. 750-F 9334 R-4 EF, cleaned

80. 750-L 9343 R-2 EF

81. 750-L 9343AEF SILVER

82. 750-M 9344 R-2 VF

83. 750-M 9345 R-2 EF

84. 750-T 9366 R-3 EF

85. 765-C 9384 R-2 F

86. 765-F 9399 R-4 VF

87. 765-H 9409 R-6 EF

88. 765-J 9416 R-3 EF

89. 765-P 9462 R-3 VF

90. 765 R 9481 R-2 EF

91. 775-V 9502 R-6 VF

RHODE ISLAND

92. 700 A 9526 R-3 VF

93. 700-C 9544 R-2 VF

94. 700-E 9574 R-2 VF

95. 700-E 9575 R-4 VF, spotted Brass

WISCONSIN

96. 330-B4 10007 R-8 VG

97. 510 LI 10130 R-2 VG, cleaned

98. 510-U1 10194 R-3 VF

99. 510-W1 10203 R-4 EF

100. 620-K1 10342 R-3 VG, rough surf.

SUTLER

101. Curto ft 270 F, holed

Usual Rules. All Tokens Guaranteed. Prices
Realized: 50(Y

JON HARRIS (CWTS) GLENN FIRESTONE (CWTS)

Coral Gables, Florida 33146

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1107 Aduana Avenue

TITLE INDEX FOR 1971 — VOLUME 5

TITLE NO. PAGE

Auction Notes 1 20

Auction Notes 3 24

Announcements and Messages

Books Available from C.W.T.S. Library 4 16

Bromberg, Nathan C.W.T.S. Booster 4 18

Cade Replaces Detwiler as Auction Manager 3 10

C.W.T.S. to Meet in Washington D.C. 2 20

Editor’s Notes 1 8

Editor’s Notes 2 8

Gillen, William Passes Away 2 8

Michigan Collectors Hear President Mackel 3 13

New Journal Function? 3 11

President’s Message 1 12

President’s Message 2 20

Report on Civil War Token Society Auction 1 24

Society Member Searching for Answers 4 18

Society Members Exhibit 4 30

Society Needs Your Help 2 8

Tokens Needed to Photograph 2 20

Treasurers Report

Two for One Sale 2 20

Undescribed Civil War Store Cards and Tokens
(Book) • 1 16

Washington Meeting of Society 4 10

Back Home in Indiana 1 9

Corrections to Die Conversion Tables 1 22

Die Sinders and Engravers

Gleason, A. 1 26

Lang, Charles (C.F.?) 1 25

Dimensions of Patriotic Tokens 2 21

Felix and His Tokens 3 12

Gleason, A. 1 26

Indiana Primitives 2 10

Lang, Charles (C.F.?) 1 25

Merchants

Aschuler, A. 4 16

Felix and His Tokens 3 12

Miller, Frederich and His Plankroad Brewery 1 14

Mussey, the Token 4 3

New Jersey’s Civil War Tokens 2 16

Ohio 710A, (McGaw & Richey) 2 9

Timmermeister, John H. 3 27

Worthington, George and Co. 1 13

Miller, Frederich and His Plankroad Brewery 1 14

New Die Discovered 1 24

New Jersey’s Civil War Tokens 3 16

New Wealth of the South Metal Variety 4 14

Non Contemporary Tokens 2 14

Note from Melvin Fuld, Die 81A 2 7

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TITLE NO. PAGE

Patriotic Patter 1 3

Patriotic Patter 2 3

Patriotic Patter 3 3

Patriotic Patter 4 4

Ohio 710A 2 9

One Merchant — Two Sinkers 4 20

So What’s New 1 17

Timmermeister, John. H. 3 27

Token Small Talk 3 26

Token Small Talk 4 29

Token Teaser No. 8 1 24

Answer No. 8 2 27

Token Teaser No. 9 2 27

Answer No. 9 3 26

Token Teaser No. 10 3 26

Twin Cities 4 19

Woe Is Me (Broas Bros.) 2 27

Worthington, George and Co. 1 13

TOKEN SMALL TALK

By Clifton Temple

Messrs. W. E. Tunis & Co, news dealers, have recently perfected
some improvements in their extensive establishment, which are
deserving of notice. The rear of their store on Jefferson Avenue
has been cut through in the shape of a letter L, giving also a fine
front on Griswold Street. This affords ample room for their busi-
ness, and gives them besides, one of the finest and most conven-
ient stores in the city. In addition to the large stock of papers,
periodicals, and magazines, they have also a complete assortment
of the newest and most popular books of the day, in addition to
stationery and all those commodities which are usually found in
a book store. It is designed to make this not only a first-class
news depot, but also a first-class book store. Entrance either on
Jefferson Avenue or Griswold Street.

Detroit Free Press 5/21/1863

UNLISTED KENTUCKY! 150A, 3175 with plain edge. Ohio 420A;
Illinois 890A, 2467; Rhode Island 700-E, 9574; Wis. 620L, 10344. No
dogs. Send me your bid on any of the above before December 15,
1971. Doug Watson, Iola, WI 54945

SYCAMORE ILLINOIS WANTED: Fuld 825(A) is needed for my
collection. Please use Hetrich and Guttag variety numbers. All
letters answered. Gary R. Peterson, P. O. Box 659, Iowa City,
Iowa 52240.

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SOCIETY MEMBERS EXHIBIT AT A.N.A.

It was indeed gratifying to find among the many exhibits pre-
sented at the A.N.A. convention this year, two exceptionally fine
displays of Civil War tokens.

The first exhibit of Civil War tokens to be encountered after
entering the display area was composed of various rare and unusual
dies and off metal pieces issued by merchants from the State of
New York. Here was a highly intellectual display of tokens of such
rarity that full appreciation could be enjoyed by only the most
astute student of Civil War tokens. Strikes over copper- nick el cents
and silver coins, so called leads, zincs, brass, bronze and combi-
nations were shown along with hard rubber specimens. So mag-
nitudinous in scope was this display that explanitory material for a
full description of each piece would need an area of at least ten
times that allowed for the exhibit. We understand that our C.W.T.S.
member who set up this fine exhibit was not a member of A.N.A.
and therefore ineligible to compete for prizes. However, in our
opinion, this display was equal in rarity, eye appeal and educa-
tional quality to any other exhibit at the convention.

At the back of the hall was the other Civil War token exhibit. It
was equally well displayed and eye appealing. The theme, one with
a Civil War era historical aspect, was well presented through mer-
chant tokens and various dies relative to pictured news articles
and other interesting items tastefully arranged in the display case.
While exhibit No. 2 may not have contained the number of unique
and rare pieces as did No. l,itno doubt was of equal interest to all
observers, and would run head and head with any display in the
exhibit hall. It is unknown whether or not this particular presen-
tation was eligible for any prize and as I was unable to get back
to the exhibit room after the awards were made I am ignorant as
to which of the exhibits were winners.

In conclusion I must say that both of our members are to be
commended for a job well done. Our Society and all Civil War token
collectors can feel assured that our hobby was adequately repre-
sented by these two equally interesting approaches to this inter-
esting facet of the hobby.

(As we go to press we are advised that the first exhibit was set
up by Ken Trobaugh, the second by Herb Romerstein. )

— John Canfield, Editor

BACK ISSUES OF THE JOURNAL AVAILABLE

Members interested in purchasing back issues of the Civil War
Token Society’s Journal can do so by sending $1 for each issue
desired to secretary Gail Levine. All issues are available from
Summer 1968 to date except Fall 1971.

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MAIL BID SALE

The following group of tokens ore very rare. Estimated rarity and (minimum bids) are listed. Many
of these pieces you'll never see listed again. Auction will close December 20, 1971 so get your bids
in early.

1 . 3/273 Brass XF Very Scarce, counterstamped
as most are, R6 (8.50)

2. 218/417 WM Unc. R7 (15.00)

3. 241/336 WM Unc. R8 (15.00)

4. 51 1/515 Brass, Silver Wash as Early Strikes
were, XF, R7 (35.00)

5. ILLINOIS 65-A 2126 Lincoln Die Unc. W/
Luster Very Scarce R9 (1 7.50)

6. ILLINOIS 150-K 2192/611 Nickel A Unc. R9
Variety Rare (15.00)

7. ILLINOIS 320-E 2363 Struck over Patriotic
Token with 341 die, Unique (25.00) Under-
strike 341 Die Clear

8. IOWA 560-A 671 Die Not Known to Fuld or
H&G R9 Maybe Unique VF (100.00)

9. KENTUCKY 150-B 3184/418 AU/Luster R7
Very Scarce (15.00)

10. KENTUCKY 510-A A. Weber, 1 Pint, Brass,
XF Very Rare R8 (25.00)

1 1 . KENTUCKY 640-B 3247/418 Unc. 90% Luster
GEM, Rare R7 (25.00)

12. KENTUCKY 11 piece set all Unc. including
H&G 3202 420 die in copper, one half pint,
one pint, one quart, one half gal., one gal.,
each in copper and brass; more rare as a
set (225.00)

13. MARYLAND 60-A Mount Vernon Club, Brass
XF Rare (50.00)

14. MICHIGAN 660-A 640 die A Unc. Not Listed
in H&G or Fuld, Unique (35.00)

15. NEW HAMPSHIRE 120-A XF (5.00)

16. NEW YORK 630-AV John Mathews, More
Scarce than R4, AU (7.50)

17. OHIO 1 65- Y 6864/418 AU Good for One
Shave R6 Very Scarce (15.00)

18. OHIO 165-BZ 7213/340 in Silver, Unc. Ex
Rare Die R9 Maybe Unique (50.00)

19. OHIO 165-FZ 6971/420 CN, Unc. R9 (17.501

20. PENNSYLVANIA 525-A 9286/494 AU (7.50)

21. PENNSYLVANIA 750-G 9338 Good for 5
Cents at Store Scarce R6 (8.501

22. TENNESSEE 600-B 1/2 Lincoln Die, Unc./
Luster Ex Rare R9 (75.00)

23. TENNESSEE 600-E 1A/4 Lincoln Die Unc./
Some Luster Ex Rare R9 (75.00)

You will never see these two again. Would
make a nice pair.

24. TENNESSEE 690-D 9762 Struck Over Ohio
165-AY 7031 in Brass, Very Sharp Under-
strike Unique (75.00)

25. WISCONSIN 460-A 10079/118 Brass Unc.
R8 (20.00)

26. WISCONSIN 510-AO Tellee Error Variety
XF/AU Choice Very Rare R8 or R9 (25.00)

27. WISCONSIN 920-H 1 0477/555 in Brass, Not
Listed in Watson, R9 Maybe Unique (?)

28. Civil War Cardboard Currency; Mathew &
Bros. Set of 1^, 2(, 3^; Scarce, (?)

WANTED; New York OverDime, Quarter, Foreign
Coin, Incused, Merchants 95-C Ibert, 630-G Blain
or What Hove You in Scarce Varieties.

KENNETH TROBAUGH

621 New Ave.

Front Royal, Va. 22630

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DORGE SELLS

BETTER QUALITY TOKENS AND MEDALS

The following are samples from our extensive stock — these

are of course one of a kind.

1 . NEW YORK 630X The rare 3^ Feuctwanger in Proof condition,

Ex. Mehl Sale, 1950 $175.00

2. Minnesota 720A (H&G 4663) Rochester, Minn. Red Unc.

choice 52.50

3. Minnesota 760A (H&G 4671 ) St. Paul, Minn. Red Unc. 42.00

4. Same type as preceding, but C-N. Guaranteed UNIQUE.

A show piece. 95.00

5. Minnesota 680 (H&G 4656) A.W.E. Red Unc. The last Red

Wing token sold at auction went for $81 .50 70.00

6. Virginia. F. Pfieffer & Co. Norfolk, Va. The controversial,

but Ex. Rare only token of Va, with Civil War die, dated
1863. 250.00

7. Ohio 1 65GI Weighed & Son, Cincinnati. The Ex. rare southern

mule type, rev. John Bell of Tenn. An IMPORTANT cross
link type of Memphis pieces to Ohio ones. 75.00

We are interested in buying scarce medals and tokens.

DORGE Approvals

George J. Fuld Doris B. Fuld

P.O. Box 5845

Baltimore, Maryland 21 208 301-486-0100

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